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Vocab: unit 1E

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Adulterate to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value syn: contaminate, pollute, sully ayn: purify, purge, expurgate
Augment to make larger, increase syn: enlarge, supplement, amplify ayn: decrease, diminish
Ambidextrous Able to use both hands equally well; very skilful; deceitful; hypocritical syn: versatile, facile ayn: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit
Bereft deprived of; made unhappy through a loss syn: bereaved ayn: replete, well provided
Deploy to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up syn: station, organize
Dour stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored syn: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine ayn: cheery, inviting, genial
Fortitude courage in facing difficulties syn: resolve, steadfastness, mettle ayn: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
Gape To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide syn: gawk, ogle
Gibe to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn syn: ridicule, ock, deride, jeer ayn: compliment, praise
Guise an external appearance, cover, mask syn: costume, semblance, pretense
Insidious intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous syn: cunning, underhanded, perfidious ayn: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
Intimation a hint, indirect suggestion syn: clue, indication, inkling
Opulent wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose syn: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant ayn: poverty- stricken, wretched, destitiute
Pliable easily bent, flexible; easily influenced syn: supple, adaptable, resilient ayn: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant
Reiterate To say again, repeat syn: restate, rehash, recapitulate
Stolid not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive syn: impassive ayn: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung
Tentative experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant syn: provisional, inconclusive ayn: definite, conclusive, confirmed
Unkempt not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude syn: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough ayn: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty
Verbatim Word for word; exactly as written or spoken syn: exact; precisely ayn: paraphrased
Warily Cautiously; with great care syn: carefully, prudently, gingerly ayn: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously
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