VOCABULARY WORKSHOP UNITS
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- adulterate: (v)
- to corrupt, make worse by addition of something of lesser value
- ambidextrous: (adj)
- able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical
- augment: (v)
- to make larger, increase
- bereft: (adj)
- deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
- deploy: (v)
- to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
- dour: (adj)
- stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
- fortitude: (n)
- courage in facing difficulties
- gape: (v)
- to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
- gibe: (v)(n)
- to utter taunting words; (n) an expression of scorn
- guise: (n)
- an external appearance, cover, mask
- insidious: (adj)
- (adj) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
- intimation: (n)
- a hint, indirect suggestion
- opulent: (adj)
- wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose
- pliable: (adj)
- easily bent, flexible, easily influenced
- reiterate: (v)
- to say again, repeat
- stolid: (adj)
- not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
- tentative: (adj)
- experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
- unkempt: (adj)
- not combed, untidy, not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
- verbatim: (adj, adv)
- word for word; exactly as written or spoken
- warily: (adv)
- cautiously, with great care
- adroit: (adj)
- skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind
- amicable: (adj)
- peaceable, friendly
- averse: (adj)
- having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
- belligerent: (adj) (n)
- (adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n) one at war, one engaged in war
- benevolent: (adj)
- kindly, charitable
- cursory: (adj)
- hasty, not thorough
- duplicity: (n)
- treachery, deceitfulness
- extol: (v)
- to praise extravagantly
- feasible: (adj)
- possible, able to be done
- grimace: (n) v)
- a wry face, facial distortion; (v) to make a wry face
- holocaust: (n)
- a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
- impervious: (adj)
- not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance
- impetus: (n)
- a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- jeopardy: (n)
- danger
- meticulous: (adj)
- extremely careful; particular about details
- nostalgia: (n)
- longing for something past; homesickness
- quintessence: (n)
- the purest essence of something; the most typical example
- retrogress: (v)
- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
- scrutinize: ( v)
- to examine closely
- tepid: (adj)
- lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest