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vocab 1-3 english
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| deploy | to position or arrange; to form up |
| opulent | wealthy, luxurious |
| fortitude | courage in facing difficulties |
| augment | to make larger |
| stolid | not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive |
| adultrate | to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value |
| guise | an external appearance, cover, mask |
| pliable | easily bent, flexible, easily influenced |
| gape | to stare with open |
| tentative | experimental in nature;uncertain, hesitant |
| ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well, very skillful; decetiful |
| intimation | a hint, indirect suggestion |
| unkempt | not combed; untidy; not properly maintained |
| dour | stern, unyielding, gloomy |
| reiterate | to say again, repeat |
| gibe | to utter taunting words; an expression scorn |
| verbatim | word for word; exactly as spoken or written |
| bereft | deprived of; made unhappy through a loss |
| warily | cautiously, with great care |
| insidious | intended to deceive or entrap; sly |
| impetus | a moving source, impulse, stimulus |
| benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| nostaglgia | longing for something past; homesickness |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| feasible | possible, able to be done |
| quintessence | the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| adriot | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| scrutinize | to examine closley |
| tepid | lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |
| belligerent (adj) | given to fighting, warlike |
| belligerent (noun) | one at war, one engaged in war |
| grimace (noun) | a wry face, facial distortion |
| grimace (v) | to make a wry face |
| cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| amicable | peaceable, freindly |
| extol | to praise extravagantly |
| holocaust | a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter |
| averse | having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| retrogress | to move backward; to return to an earlier condidtion |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| jeopardy | danger |
| meticulous | very careful |
| adversary | an enemy, opponent |
| allienate | to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile |
| artifice | a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick |
| coerce | to compel, force |
| craven | cowardly |
| cullinary | of or related to cooking |
| delete | erase, wipe out |
| demise | a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| exhilirate | to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow | plowed but not seeded; inactive |
| harass | to disturb, worry |
| inclement | stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| muse | to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| negligible | so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| pereptuate | to make permanent |
| precedent | an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | to set right, remedy |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| urbane | refined in manner or style, suave |
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