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.

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