Unit 1, 2, and 3 Vocabulary

Vocab

Adulterate

(v) To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

Ambidextrous

(adj) Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical

Augment

(v) To make larger; increase

Bereft

(adj) Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

Deploy

(v) To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

Dour

(adj) Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Fortitude

(n) courage in facing difficulties

Gape

(v) To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide

Gibe

(n) or (v) N: An expression of scorn. V: Utter taunting words

Guise

(n) An external appearance, cover, mask

Insidious

(adj) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

intimation

(n) A hint, indirect suggestion

Opulent

(adj) Wealthy, luxurious; ample

Pliable

(adj) Easily bent, flexible; easily influenced

Reiterate

(v) To say again, repeat

Stolid

(adj) Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull

Tentative

(adj) Experimental in nature; uncertain

Unkempt

(adj) Not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished

Verbatim

(adj) or (adv) Adj: Word for word. Adv: Exactly as written or spoken

Warily

(adv) Cautiously, with great care

Adroit

(adj) Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Amicable

(adj) Peaceable, friendly

Averse

(adj) Having a deep seated distaste; opposed

Belligerent

N: One at war; one engaged in war. Adj: Given to fighting; warlike, aggressive

Benevolent

(adj) Kindly, charitable

Cursory

(adj) Hasty, not thorough

Duplicity

(n) Treachery, deceitfulness

Extol

(v) To praise extravagantly

Feasible

(adj) Possible, able to be done

Grimace

(n) or (v) N: A wry face. V: to make a wry face

Holocaust

(n) A large-scale destruction especially by fire; the massacre of civilians especially Jews

Impervious

(adj) Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Impetus

(n) A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Jeopardy

(n) Danger

Meticulous

(adj) Extremely careful; particular about details

Nostalgia

(n) A longing for something

Quintessence

(n) The purest essence or form of something

Retrogress

(v) To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutinize

(v) To examine closely

Tepid

(adj) Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest

Adversary

(n) An enemy, opponent

Alienate

(v) To turn away; to transfer, convey

Artifice

(n) A skillful or ingenious device; trickery

Coerce

(v) To compel, force

Craven

Adj: Cowardly. N: A coward

Culinary

(adj) Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Delete

(v) Remove or obliterate

Demise

(n) A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Exhilarate

(v) To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Fallow

N: Land left unseeded. Adj: plowed but not seeded. V: To plow but now seed.

harass (v)

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

inclement

(adj) Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Muse

(v) To think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Negligible

(adj) So unimportant that it can be disregarded

Perpetuate

(v) To make permanent or long lasting

Precedent

(n) An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Punitive

(adj) Inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress

N: Relief from wrong or injury. V: To set right, remedy.

Sojourn

N: A temporary stay. V: To stay for a time.

Urbane

(adj) Refined in manner or style suave