Vocab units 1-6 key words

Midterm practice

Adulterate

To make something poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Ambidextrous

Able to use both hands equally well.

Augment

To make something greater by adding to it or increasing it.

Bereft

Deprived of or lacking something.

Deploy

To position troops or equipment strategically for military or operational purposes.

Gape

To stare with an open mouth in amazement or wonder.

Gibe

To make insulting or mocking remarks.

Guise

A superficial appearance or semblance that disguises true nature.

Insidious

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Intimation

An indication or hint

Pliable

Flexible, easily bent

Reiterate

To repeat or say something over, usually for clarity or emphasis

Tentative

Not certain or fixed

Unkempt

Having a untidy or messy appearance, disheveled

Verbatim

Word per word as the original

Adroit

Clever and skillful in using the hands or mind

Amicable

Having a friendly spirit, with our disagreements

Averse

Having a strong dislike for the opposition to something

Cursory

Hastily done, not having details due to being done in a rush

Duplicity

Deceitfulness, double faced

Feasible

the state or degree of being done conveniently

Grimace

A twisted, disgusted expresson, painful expression

Holocaust

Destruction on a mass scale, destruction due to fire

Impervious

Not allowing fluids to pass through

Impetus

The force with which the body moves

Jeopardy

Danger or risk or losing something

Nostalgia

A sentimental feeling of longing, usually associated with past memories

Quintessence

representing the most perfect or typical example of quality

Scrutinize

Examine or inspect something thoroughly

Tepid

Slightly warm, lukewarm, usually in context of liquid

Adversary

One’s opponent in a contest or conflict

Alienate

Cause someone to feel isolated, exclude someone

Artifice

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, usually used to trick or deceived

Craven

Lacking in courage, cowardly

Culinary

Having to do with food

Demise

The death of something or someone

Exhilarate

To make something exciting, make someone feel exited or happy

Harass

Subject to pressure or intimidation, torment

Inclement

Unpleasantly cold, in context of weather

Liquidate

To eliminate or close down, in context or business, to finish

Negligible

Something worth of forgetting, unimportant

Perpetuate

To continue something, many times in context to something unpleasant, preserve

Precedent

An earlier event to something else used as an example to guild in a different situation

Punitive

inflecting or intended as punishment

Urbane

Courteous and refined in manner

Affiliated

Associated

Ascertain

To confirm something, make sure of

Bequeath

Leave something to someone, usually by will or beneficiary, in context of estate

Converge

The ability for something to cover another thing, inclusion within scope

Disperse

To spread out in all directions

Esteem

Respect and admiration for something or someone

Expunge

Erase or remove something completely

Finite

Limited

Invulnerable

Imposible to harm or damage

Malevolent

Having or showing a wish to harm or cause evil to others

Nonchalant

Feeling or appearing calm and relaxed, Not showing extreme emotion

Omniscient

All seeing, all pervading

Panacea

A solution or remedy of all difficulties and problems

Supercilious

Behaving as to think something is superior to another’s

Uncanny

Strange or mysterious in an unsettling way

Altruistic

Showing selfless concern, having a concern for the well being of others

Assent

The expression of approval

Chivalrous

Brave, showing valor

Clemency

Mercy, Lenience

Dearth

A lack of something

Diffident

Modest or shy, due to lack or self confidence

Discrepancy

Lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

Embark

To start something, begin a journey

Indomitable

Imposible to defeat or subdue

Infallible

Incapable of making a mistake or being wrong

Plod

Walk slowly and heavily

Pungent

Strong and sharp in smell or taste

Remiss

lacking care or attention to duty

Truculent

Quick to argue or oppose, aggressively defiant

Virulent

Extremely severe or harmful in its effects

Brandish

Wave or flourish something, show off

Comprise

consist of, made up of

Deft

Neatly skillful, quick in ones movements

Destitute

With our basic needs

Explicit

Clear in wording, leaving no room for confusion

Inopportune

Occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate timing

Ironic

Happening in an opposite way as to expected

Musty

Having a stale, moldy and damp smell

Ominous

Having a feeling that something bad or unpleasant will take place

Pinnacle

The top most point or event of something, summit, peak

Premeditated

Decided and planned out beforehand

Rampant

Uncontrolled, unrestrained

Solace

To offer comfort, comfort in time of distress

Stately

Having a dignified and majestic manner

Suppress

To forcefully put an end to something