vocab 1-3
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- adulterate
- to corrupt, make worse by the addition something of lesser value
- ambidextrous
- able to use both hands equally well; very skillful, deceitful, hypocritical
- augment
- to make larger
- bereft
- deprived of, made unhappy through a loss
- deploy
- to position or arrange; to utiilize, form up
- dour
- stern, yeilding, gloomy, ill humored
- fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties
- gape
- to stare with open mouth
- gibe
- to utter taunting words, an expression of scorn
- guise
- an external cover, mask, appearance
- insidious
- intended to deceive or entrap
- intimation
- a hint indirect suggestion
- opulent
- wealthy, luxurious, ample
- pliable
- easily bent, flexible,
- reiterate
- to say again repeat
- stolid
- not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull unreponsive
- tentative
- experimental in nature, uncertain, hesitant
- unkempt
- not combed untidy, not properly maintained; unpolishd, rude
- verbatim
- exactly word for word
- warily
- cautiously, with great care
- adroit
- skillful, expert in the use of hands or minds
- amicable
- peaceable, friendly
- averse
- having a deep seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
- belligerent
- given to fighting, warlike, combative
- benevolent
- kindly, charitable
- cursory
- hasty, not thorough
- duplicity
- treachery, deceitfulness
- extol
- to praise extravagantly
- feasible
- possible, able to be done
- grimace
- a wry face, facial distortion
- holocaust
- a large-scale destruction
- impervious
- not affected or hurt by, admitting no passage
- impetus
- a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- jeopardy
- danger
- meticulous
- extremely careful; particular about details
- nostalgia
- a longing for something past, homesickness
- quintessence
- the purest essence or form of something; the ost typical example
- retrogress
- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
- scrutinize
- to examine closely
- tepid
- lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
- adversary
- an enemy, opponent
- alienate
- to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer
- artifice
- a skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick; a clever skill, trickery,
- coerce
- to force, compell
- craven
- cowardly, a coward
- culinary
- of or related to cooking
- delete
- to erase, wipe out, cut out
- demise
- death, especially of a person in a lofty position
- exhilarate
- to enliven, cheer, give spirit
- harass
- to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks
- fallow
- plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish yellow land left unseeded, to plow but not seed
- 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, relief from wrong or injury
- sojourn
- to stay for a time, a temporary stay
- urbane
- refined in manner or style