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Quiz 10/2/09

English Unit 1 Vocab Quiz Adulterate-Warily

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