Vocab 1-15
Terms
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- gape
- to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide syn:gawk, ogle
- adulterate
- to corrupt, make worse b the addition of somehting of lesser value syn:contaminate, pollute,sully ant:purify, purge, expurgate
- ambidextrous
- able to use both hands equall well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical syn:versatile, facile ant: clumsy all thumbs, maladroit
- augment
- to make larger, increase syn: enlarge, supplement, amplify ant:decrease, diminish
- bereft
- deprived of; made unhappy through a loss syn:bereaved ant:replete, well provided
- deploy
- to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up syn:station, organize
- dour
- stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored syn: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine ant:cheery, inviting, genial
- fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties syn:resolve, steadfastness, mettle ant: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
- gibe
- to utter taunting words - an expression of scron syn:ridicule, mock, deride, jeer ant:compliment, praise
- guise
- an external appearance, cover, mask syn: costume semblance, pretense
- insidious
- intended to decieve or entrap; sly treacherous cunning underhanded perfidious ant:frank ingenuous aboveboard
- intimation
- a hint, indirect suggestion