The Night 

Vocab Words Quiz 1

1. ==Adulterate== - to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance
2. ==Ambidextrous== - (of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well.
3. ==Fortitude== - courage in pain or adversity.
4. ==Guise== - an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something.
5. ==Insidious== - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.//treacherous; crafty.
6. ==Reiterate== - say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
7. ==Stolid== (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
8. ==Tentative== - done without confidence; hesitant.//not certain or fixed; provisional.
9. ==Unkempt== - (especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance.
   10. ==Verbatim== - in exactly the same words as were used originally.//copied, quoted, or translated in exactly the same words as were used originally.
   11. ==Bereft== - deprived of or lacking (something).//(of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone's death or departure.
   12. ==Deploy== - move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.
   13. ==Gape== - be or become wide open.
   14. ==Intimation== - an indication or hint.//the action of making something known, especially in an indirect way.
   15. ==Opulent== - ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.
   16. ==Augments== - make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
   17. ==Dour== - relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.
   18. ==Gibe== - an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
   19. ==Pliable== - easily bent; flexible.//easily influenced.
   20. ==Warily== - cautiously; carefully.

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