Vocabulary #3 Practice Definitions

Abhor

• To cause to cease to exist; to destroy

• To feel hatred or loathing for

• Having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

• Intrepidly daring; recklessly bold

Abscond

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

• To make an indirect reference; to hint at or imply

• To make greater, more numerous, or larger

• To depart in a sudden and secretive manner

Acerbic

• Sharply critical; sour; in taste, expression, or tone

• A pardon or forgiveness

• To cause to cease to exist; to destroy

• Having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Allude

• Intrepidly daring; recklessly bold

• To feel hatred or loathing for

• To make an indirect reference; to hint at or imply

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

Altruistic

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

• Having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

• To make greater, more numerous, or larger

• To depart in a sudden and secretive manner

Amnesty

• To depart in a sudden and secretive manner

• Sharply critical; sour; in taste, expression, or tone

• A pardon or forgiveness

• To feel hatred or loathing for

Annihilate

• To feel hatred or loathing for

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

• To make an indirect reference; to hint at or imply

• To cause to cease to exist; to destroy

Assuage

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

• Intrepidly daring; recklessly bold

• To make greater, more numerous, or larger

• Sharply critical; sour; in taste, expression, or tone

Audacious

• Sharply critical; sour; in taste, expression, or tone

• A pardon or forgiveness

• Intrepidly daring; recklessly bold

• Having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Augment

• Intrepidly daring; recklessly bold

• To lessen the intensity of something painful or distressing; to make better; to soothe

• To make an indirect reference; to hint at or imply

• To make greater, more numerous, or larger