english vocab 11
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- adroit
- Skillful and adept under pressing conditions
- adulterate
- To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
- ambidextrous
- Able to use both hands with equal facility.
- augment
- to add to
- bereft
- Lacking something needed or expected; Deprived of something.
- deploy
- To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.
- dour
- Marked by sternness or harshness; forbidding. a dour, self-sacrificing life.Silently ill-humored; gloomy.
- duplicity
- speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.
- extol
- To praise highly; exalt.
- fortitude
- Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.
- gape
- To open the mouth wide; yawn. 2. To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open
- guise
- Outward appearance or aspect; semblance. 2. False appearance; pretense.
- impervious
- Incapable of being penetrated or affected.
- impetus
- An impelling force; an impulse. The force or energy associated with a moving body.
- intimation
- To announce; proclaim.
- opulent
- Possessing or exhibiting great wealth.
- reiterate
- To say or do again or repeatedly.
- tentative
- Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on. (tentative plans)
- verbatim
- Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
- warily
- On guard; watchful. cautious