Set 2

Front 1

Admonish

Back 1

(v) to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

How many times has your roommate admonished you to put the toilet seat down?

Front 2

Admonition

Back 2

a warning or scolding

He tried to admonish us not to open the secret passageway, but his admonition fell on deaf ears. Man, were we sorry we hadn't listened to him when all the monsters came rushing out!

Front 3

Admonitory

Back 3

expressing warning or disapproval

Dad's admonitory tone made us feel guilty about ruining our appetites with pre-dinner cookies.

Front 4

Adroit

Back 4

(adj) adept, dexterous

Karl had always been an adroit manipulator; even when he was a kid he could get people to do what he wanted.

Although her adroit handling of the situation minimized the damange, nothing could really save the conference after the room flooded.

Front 5

Maladroit

Back 5

clumsy or bungling

Jerry Lewis was able to make a career out of playing maladroit characters.

Front 6

Adulation

Back 6

(n) excessive praise; intense adoration

Leif Garrett was the object of much adolescent adulation.

Samuel had taken his little brother's adulation for granted until his brother grew four inches taller and was no longer as easily impressed.

Front 7

Adulterate

Back 7

(v) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

There was a huge scandal when customers discovered that the health food store has been adulterating the wheat grass juice with clippings from the front lawn.

In an effort to determine why the house's foundation was crumbling, the inspectors tested the concrete to see if it had been improperly adulterated when it was mixed.

Front 8

Unadulterated

Back 8

pure

I could tell that what her used car salesman was saying was one hundred percent, pure, unadulterated hogwash.

Front 9

Adumbrate

Back 9

(v) to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

The possibilities for further cooperation between the two parties were adumbrated at the first, private meeting, but nothing was finalized until much later.

The first volume of the trilogy only adumbrates the basics of the story that will be developed in the next two books.

Front 10

Advocate

Back 10

(v) to argue for support a cause

Though the senator did not advocate the bill openly, he voted for it because he thought it would save him some face among his critics.

Front 11

Aesthetic

Back 11

(adj) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to the art or the beautiful

Many people say they see no aesthetic value in some modern artwork, claiming the pieces look like a kindergartner's finger printing.

Her finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities made it very painful for her to be around so much baby blue polyester.

Front 12

Aggrandize

Back 12

(v) to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

Michael's attempts to aggrandize his achievements produced the exact opposite effect; everyone ended up thinking he had accomplished less than he really had. In other words, he would have been better off without the self-aggrandizing.

The multi-million dollar advertising campaign was part of a plan to aggrandize the company's stock before it went public.

Front 13

Alacrity

Back 13

(n) eager and enthusiastic willingness

Amy responded to the invitation to join the planning committee with alacrity, and even volunteered to take on additional responsibilities.

The alacrity with which Calvin offered to do the dishes made his mother suspicious; usually he would only do chores kicking and screaming.

Front 14

Alchemy

Back 14

(n) a magical or wonderful transformation

The remarkable alchemy among the cast members transformed watching the familiar, and sometimes boring, play into a completely new experience.