Vocabulary Unit 1-3
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- adulterate
- to make worsen by the addition of something of lesser value
- ambidextrous
- able to use both hands equally well
- augment
- to make larger, increase
- bereft
- made unhappy through a loss
- deploy
- to position, to arrange
- dour
- stern, ill-humored, gloomy
- fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties
- gape
- to stare with an open mouth
- gibe
- to utter taunting words
- guise
- an external appearence, cover, mask
- insidious
- intended to decieve or entrap
- intimation
- a hint, indirect suggestion
- opulent
- wealthy, luxurious
- pliable
- easily bent, flexible
- reiterate
- to say again, repeat
- stolid
- not easily moved mentally or emotionally
- tentative
- expiermental in nature, uncertain, hesitant
- unkempt
- not combned, untidy
- verbatim
- word for word, exactly as written or spoken
- warily
- cautiously, with great care
- adroit
- skillful, expert in the use of the hands or minds
- amieable
- peaceable friendly
- averse
- having a deep-seated distae, opposed, unwilling
- belligerent
- given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggresive
- benevolent
- kindly, charitable
- cursory
- hasty, not through
- duplicity
- treachery, decitifulness
- extol
- to praise extravagantly
- feasible
- possible, able to be done
- grimace
- a wry face, facial distorition
- holocaust
- large scale destruction
- impervious
- not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
- impetus
- a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- jeopardy
- danger
- meticulous
- extremely careful; particular about details
- nostalgia
- a longing for something past; homeless
- quintessence
- the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
- retrogress
- to move backwards; to return to an earlier condition
- scrutinize
- to examine closely
- tepid
- lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of intrest
- adversary
- an enemy, opponent
- alienate
- to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transer, convey
- artifice
- a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
- coerce
- to compel, force
- craven
- cowardly
- culinary
- of or related to cooking or the kitchen
- delete
- to erase, wipe out, cut out
- demise
- a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
- exhilirate
- to enliven, cheer, give spirt or livliness to
- fallow
- plowed but not seeded; inactive reddish-yellow
- harass
- to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
- inclement
- stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
- muse
- to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
- negligible
- so unimportant that it can be disregarded
- perpetuate
- to make permanent or long lasting
- precedent
- an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
- punitive
- inflicting or aiming at punishment
- redress
- to set right, remedy
- sojourn
- a temporary stay
- urbane
- refinded in manner or style, suave