Oxford Vocabulary #1

Oxford Vocab Words #1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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12\. ==Deploy==- move/use

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13\. ==Gape==- a wide opening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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