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honiczak
Vocab for adam
| term | definition | synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, make worse by adding something of lesser value | contaminate, pollute, sully |
| augment | to make larger, increase | enlarge, supplement, amplify |
| bereft | deprived of, made unhappy through a loss | bereaved |
| deploy | to position or arrange, to utilize, to form up | station, organize |
| dour | stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored | harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturine |
| fortitude | courage in facing difficulties | resolve, steadfastness, mettle |
| gibe | to utter taunting words, an expression of scorn | ridicule, mock, deride, jeer |
| insidious | intended to deceive or entrap; sly treacherous | cunning, underhanded, perfidious |
| stolid | not easily moved mentally or emotionally, dull, unresponsive | impassive, phlegmatic |
| warily | cautiously, with great care | carefully, prudently, gingerly |
| adroit | Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind | Clever, deft, dexterous, slick |
| amicable | Peaceable, friendly | Congenial, neighborly, cordial |
| benevolent | Kindly, charitable | Benign, well-meaning |
| duplicity | Treachery, deceitfulness | Fraud, double dealing, chicanery |
| extol | To praise extravagantly | Glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail |
| impervious | Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance | Impenetrable, resistant, proof against |
| impetus | A moving force, impulse, stimulus | Impulse, incentive, spur |
| quintessence | The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example | Paragon, exemplar |
| retrogress | To move backwards; to return to an earlier condition | Revert, denigrate, decline |
| scrutinize | To examine closely | Inspect, pour over |
| alienate | To turn away; to make in different or hostile; to transfer, convey | Separate, drive apart, estrange |
| artifice | A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery | Ruse, stratagem, contrivance |
| craven | Cowardly; a coward | Fearful, fainthearted |
| exhilarate | To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to | Stimulate, excited, gladden |
| fallow | Plowed but not seeded; in active; reddish yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed | Unproductive, inert, dormant |
| negligible | So unimportant that it can be disregard | Trivial, inconsequential, insignificant |
| perpetuate | To make permanent or long-lasting | Continue, preserve, prolong, Indefinitely |
| precedent | An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action | Guide, tradition, model |
| redress | That right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury | Rectify, correct, mitigate |
| urbane | Refined in manner or style, Suave | Elegant |
| ascertain | To find out | Discover, determine, establish |
| bequeath | To give or pass on as an inheritance | Transmit, bestow, hand down |
| Cogent | Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point | Persuasive, compelling |
| expunge | To erase, obliterate, destroy | Delete, efface,, annihilate |
| malevolent | Spiteful, showing ill will | Malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant |
| omniscient | Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding | Wise, all knowing |
| panacea | A remedy for all ills; cure all; an answer to all problems | Universal care, easy solution |
| scrupulous | Exact, careful, attending thoroughly two details; having high moral standards, principled | Painstaking, meticulous, conscientious |
| supercilious | Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority | Snobbish, patronizing, overbearing |
| venial | Easily excused; pardonable | Excusable, forgivable |
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