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vocab1-30..
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| augment | to make bigger |
| guise | external experience; costume |
| warily | characterized by caution |
| reiterate | to say or do again and again |
| unkempt | not properly maintained; untidy |
| intimation | a hint; indirect/obscure suggestion |
| bereft | left desolate/alone; death |
| pliable | easily influenced/persuaded/swayed |
| dour | silently ill-humored; gloomy |
| gibe | a taunting/bitterly sarcastic remark |
| tentative | not certain;done without confidence; hesitant |
| verbatim | word for word |
| stolid | not easily aroused/excited |
| opulent | wealthy |
| insidious | harming by slow/stealthy means |
| ambidextrous | ability to use both hands |
| deploy | to distribute persons/forces strategically |
| gape | to stare wonderingly/mouth open |
| fortitude | patient courage |
| adulterate | to corrupt |
| adroit | skillful; expert in hands/mind |
| amicable | peaceable/friendly |
| averse | unwilling;loathing |
| belligerent | given to fighting/warlike/combative/aggressive |
| benevolent | kindly/charitable |
| cursory | hasty/not thorough |
| duplicity | treachery/deceitfullness |
| extol | to praise extravagantly |
| feasible | possible;able to be done |
| grimace | a wry face, facial distortion |
| holocaust | a large scale destruction, by fire |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by |
| impetus | a moving force,impulse, or stimulus |
| jeopardy | danger |
| meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details |
| nostalgia | a longing for something;homesickness |
| quintessence | purest form of something; most typical example |
| retrogress | to move backward; return to earlier condition |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| tepid | unenthusiastic; lukewarm |
| adversary | an enemy/opponent |
| alienate | to turn away; make indifferent/hostile |
| artifice | a skillful device; clever trick |
| coerce | to compel/force |
| craven | a coward;cowardly |
| culinary | of or relating to cooking/kitchen |
| delete | to erase/wipeout |
| demise | a death, especially of person in lofty position |
| exhilarate | to enliven, cheer or give spirit to |
| fallow | plowed,but not seeded;to plow;land left unseeded |
| harass | to disturb/worry; trouble by repeated attacks |
| inclement | stormy/harsh/severe in attitude/action |
| muse | to think about in dreamy way; ponder |
| negligible | so unimportant it can be disregarded |
| perpetuate | to make permanent; long-lasting |
| precedent | an example served as basis for imitation |
| punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | to set right;remedy;relief from wrong |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| urbane | refined in manner or style; suave |
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Gymnast3497
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