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English Vocab
Question | Answer |
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adulterate | make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance |
ambidextrous | equally skillfull with each hand |
augment | enarge or increase |
bereft | sorrowful through loss or deprivation |
deploy | place troops or weapons in battle formatuon |
dour | showing a brooding ill humor |
fortitude | strength of the mind that enables one to endure adversity |
gape | look with amazment |
gibe | laugh at with contempt and derision |
guise | an artful or simulated semblance |
insidous | working or spreading in a hidden way and usually an injourous way |
intimation | a slight suggestion or vague understanding |
opulent | rich and superior in quality |
pliable | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
reiterate | to say, state, or perform again |
stolid | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
tentative | unsettled in mind or opinion |
unkempt | not properly mantained or cared for |
verbatim | using exactly the same words |
warily | in a manner marked by keen caution and watchful prudence |