Carter's Unit One Vocabulary Words Aug 2005
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- adulterate
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to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
VERB - ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical
ADJECTIVE - augment
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to make larger; increase
VERB - bereft
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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
PART., ADJ. - deploy
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to positino or arrange; to utilize; to form up
VERB - dour
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stern; unyielding; gloomy; ill-humored
ADJ. - fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
NOUN - gape
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to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
VERB - gibe
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to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn
FIRST, VERB; SECOND, NOUN - guise
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an external appearance; cover; mask
NOUN - insidious
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intended to deceive or entrap; sly; treacherous
ADJ. - intimation
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a hint, indirect suggestion
NOUN - opulent
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wealthy; luxurious; ample; grandiose
ADJ. - pliable
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easily bent; flexible; easily influenced
ADJ. - reiterate
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to say again; repeat
VERB - stolid
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not easily moved, mentally or emotionally; dull; unresponsive
ADJ. - tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain; hesitant
ADJ. - unkempt
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not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished; rude
ADJ. - verbatim
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word for word; exactly as written or spoken
ADJ. OR ADV. - warily
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cautiously; with great care
ADV. - atypical
- not typical
- antenatal
- before birth
- antisocial
- not social
- autobiography
- biography about oneself
- bilingual
- able to speak two languages
- bystander
- a close spectator of an event
- centenary
- 100 years
- circumnavigate
- to sail or go around
- cooperation
- to operate together
- conspire
- plot together
- contradict
- to oppose
- counterproductive
- describes efforts working against productivity
- defrost
- remove frost
- dialog
- conversation across or between two people
- displease
- upset
- dyspepsia
- digesting badly
- epidermal
- related to the outer layer of skin
- expel
- send out
- extraterrestrial
- outside of earth
- foreward
- message found before the beginning of a text
- incorrect
- not correct
- illegible
- not legible
- impossible
- not possible
- irregular
- not regular
- inject
- put inside
- illuminate
- shine light into
- imprison
- put into prison
- interstate
- between two states
- intravenous
- within the veins
- introvert
- to turn into (usually oneself)
- hyperextend
- extend over capacity
- hypothermia
- condition of below normal temperature
- malnutrition
- poor nutrition
- macrodont
- having large teeth
- microorganism
- very small living creature
- miscalculate
- calculate incorrectly
- monorail
- train with a single track
- multilingual
- having many languages
- nonsense
- not sensible
- pandemic
- having an effect on the whole population
- paraphrase
- to use almost the same words
- perimeter
- to measure around an area
- postwar
- after the war
- preview
- viewed in advance
- pseudonym
- a fake name
- quadruple
- increase by four times
- rebuild
- to build again
- retroactive
- an action working into the past
- semicircle
- half of a circle
- submerge
- put under
- supervise
- to oversee
- sympathy
- sharing of another's feelings
- synarchy
- joint rule
- telecommunications
- communications over a great distance
- transatlantic
- across the Atlantic Ocean
- triangle
- a shape with three sides
- ultramodern
- very modern
- uncertain
- not certain
- uniform
- one outfit for all
- privacy
- the act of being alone
- infancy
- the state of being a baby or young child
- courage
- having the spirit to overcome fear
- referral
- the action of directing a person to another place, person or thing
- artisan
- a craftsperson
- resistance
- the action of opposing something
- independence
- the state of not being under the control of others, free, self-governing
- vacancy
- an empty room or position
- agency
- the capacity to exert power or influence, a positin or person that performs a function
- disinfectant
- an agent that destroys germs, something that cleans
- dependent
- determined or relying upon something else
- candidate
- a person nominated for an office or position
- specialization
- the result of being distinguished by one quality or ability
- wisdom
- possessing knowledge
- porter
- a person who carries things
- collector
- a person who collects or gathers things
- mouthful
- an amount that fills the mouth
- pedestrian
- a person who walks
- human
- a person
- phobia
- an illogical fear of something
- psychiatry
- branch of medicine that deals with the mind and emotions
- arithmetic
- a branch of math tht usually deals with non-negative numbers
- economics
- the social science related to studying business
- malice
- the desire to do evil
- abduction
- the action of carrying someone away by force
- formalism
- a belief in sticking to prescribed forms or artistic styles
- podiatrist
- a foot doctor
- graphite
- a black material used in making pencils
- lucidity
- clear thinking
- novelty
- something new or unusual
- native
- a person born in a specific place
- document
- an official paper usually showing proof or evidence of something
- kindness
- quality of being nice or kind
- geology
- the study of earth and rocks
- valor
- bravery, courage
- territory
- an area around a place
- relationship
- the state of being related or connected to something or someone
- exposure
- the conditino of being exposed or unprotected
- society
- companionship
- victory
- the result of winning something
- graduate
- to give a degree to, to pass from one stage to the next
- moisten
- to cause to become moist or damp
- specify
- to name or indicate in detail
- fantasize
- to dream about something, to create images in the mind
- conjecture
- to come to a conclusion by supposition or guesswork
- solvable
- able to be solved or explained
- incredible
- not able to be believed, amazing
- structural
- related to the physical make up of a thing
- territorial
- related to nearby or local areas
- categorical
- related to a category, absolute
- important
- marked by worth
- convenient
- at hand, easy to use
- spectacular
- related to something that is eye-catching or amazing
- unitary
- related to units or single groups representing quantities
- fanciful
- marked by imagination
- generic
- related to a whole group
- projectile
- something thrown with an outside force
- newish
- modern, recent
- festive
- having the quality of a festival or party
- cooperative
- being able or willing to work with another person or thing
- sensitive
- easily felt, responsive to the senses
- motiveless
- a reason for someeone to do something
- adventurous
- characterized by the desire to seek new experiences or risk
- courageous
- characterized by courage, brave
- verbose
- having more words than needed
- fractious
- characerized by being difficult or troublesome