Oxford Vocabulary #1

Oxford Vocab Words #1

1. ==Adulterate==- degrade, making something poorer in quality

2. ==Ambidextrous==- able to use the right and left hands equally well.

3. ==Fortitude==- courage in pain or adversity. (bravery)

4. ==Guise==- an external form, appearance.

5. ==Insidious==- proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. (Cunningly, sneaky.)

6. ==Reiterate==- say something again (for emphasis.)

7. ==Stolid==- calm, dependable (little emotion.)

8. ==Tentative==- not certain (unconfident.)

9. ==Unkempt==- not tidy or cared for (untidy.)

10. ==Verbatim==- the same words as used originally (word for word.)

11. ==Bereft==- deprived of or lacking.

12. ==Deploy==- move/use

13. ==Gape==- a wide opening

14. ==Intimation==- hint (announcement)

15. ==Opulent==- rich and luxurious (deluxe.)

16. ==Augments==- making something greater by adding something to it (increase.)

17. ==Dour==- unfriendly, stern, unsmiling.

18. ==Gibe==- insulting or taunting remark (taunt.)

19. ==Pliable==- easily bent, flexiple, influenced.

20. ==Warily==- cautiously, carefully.