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unit one vocab 5th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ambidextrous | Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical. SYN = versatile, facile ANT = clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit. |
| Augment | To make larger, increase. SYN = enlarge, supplement, amplify. ANT = decrease, diminish. |
| Bereft | Deprived of, made unhappy through a loss. SYN = bereaved. ANT = replete, well provided. |
| Deploy | To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up. SYN = station, organize. (TROOPS!). |
| Dour | Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored. SYN = harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine. ANT = cheery, inviting, genial. |
| fortitude | Courage in facing difficulties. SYN =resolve, steadfastness, mettle. ANT = fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness. |
| Gape | To stare with an open mouth; to open the mouth wide, to open wide. SYN = gawk, ogle. |
| Gibe | (v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn SYN= ridicule, mock, deride, jeer. ANT= compliment, praise. |
| Guise | an external appearance, cover, mask SYN=costume, semblance, pretense. |
| Adulterate | to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value SYN= contaminate, pollute, sully ANT= purify, purge, expurgate. |
| Insidious | (adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous. SYN = cunning, underhanded, perfidious. ANT = frank, ingenuous, aboveboard. |
| Intimation | (adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous. SYN = cunning, underhanded, perfidious. ANT = frank, ingenuous, aboveboard. |
| Intimation | (n.) a hint, INdirect suggestion. SYN= clue, INdication, INkling. |
| Opulent | (adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample, grandiose. SYN = rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant. ANT = poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute. |
| Pliable | (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced. SYN = supple, adaptable, resilient. ANT = rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant. |
| Reiterate | (v.) to say again, repeat. SYN = restate, rehash, recapitulate. |
| Stolid | (adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive. SYN = impassive, phlegmatic. ANT = emotional, oversensitive, high-strung. |
| Tentative | DEF = (adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant. SYN = provisional, inconclusive. ANT = definite, conclusive, confirmed. |
| Unkempt | DEF = (adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant. SYN = provisional, inconclusive. ANT = definite, conclusive, confirmed. |
| verbatim | (adj., adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken. SYN = (adj.) exact; (adv.) precisely. ANT = (adj.) paraphrased. |
| Warily | DEF = (adv.) cautiously, with great care. SYN = carefully, prudently, gingerly. ANT = recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously. |