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Vocab List 1+2+3+4+5
Vocab Lists units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adulterate | (v.) To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients |
| ambidextrous | (adj.) Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or eas |
| augment | (v.) To make bigger |
| bereft | (adj.) Left desolate or alone, especially by death |
| deploy | (v.) To distribute persons or forces systematically or strategically |
| dour | (adj.) Silently ill-humored; gloomy |
| fortitude | (n.) Patient courage |
| gape | (v.) To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open |
| gibe | (n.) A taunting or bitterly sarcastic remark; (v.) To utter taunts or jeers |
| guise | (n.) The external appearance as produced by garb or costume |
| insidious | (adj.) Harming by slow and stealthy means |
| intimation | (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice |
| opulent | (adj.) Wealthy |
| pliable | (adj.) Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed |
| reiterate | (v.) To say or do again and again |
| stolid | (adj.) Not easily aroused or excited; dull |
| tentative | (adj.) Not certain or final; Done without confidence, hesitant |
| unkempt | (adj.) Not properly maintained; disorderly or untidy |
| adroit | (adj.) Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers |
| amicable | (adj.) characterized by friendliness and good will |
| averse | (adj.) Opposed to, having a strong dislike of or opposition to something |
| belligerent | (adj.) Hostile, argumentative or aggressive; (n.) A hostile or aggressive person |
| benevolent | (adj.) Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being |
| cursory | (adj.) Hastily or superficially performed |
| duplicity | (n.) Double-dealing, dishonesty or deceitfulness |
| extol | (v.) To praise |
| feasible | (adj.) That may be done, performed, or effected |
| grimace | (n.) A distortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust; (v.) To make a sharp distortion of the face |
| holocaust | (n.) Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire |
| impervious | (adj.) impenetrable; also, not capable of being affected |
| impetus | (n.) Any impulse or incentive |
| jeopardy | (n.) Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger |
| meticulous | (adj.) Extremely or excessively careful about details |
| nostalgia | (n.) A longing for things, persons, or situations of the past |
| quintessence | (n.) The purest or most typical instance |
| retrogress | (v.) To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition; to go backward |
| scrutinize | (v.) To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically |
| tepid | (adj.) Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted |
| adversary | (n.) An opponent; an enemy |
| alienate | (v.) To cause to turn away |
| artifice | (n.) Trickery |
| coerce | (v.) To force |
| craven | (n.) A coward; (adj.) Characterized by shameless fear, cowardly |
| culinary | (adj.) Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen |
| delete | (v.) To remove by striking out or canceling |
| demise | (n.) A Death |
| exhilarate | (v.) To fill with high or cheerful spirits |
| fallow | (n.) Land that has been plowed but not yet seeded; (v.) To plow land but not seed it; (adj.) plowed and left unseeded, regarding land, uncultivated |
| harass | (v.) To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances |
| inclement | (adj.) Stormy; Showing no mercy |
| muse | (v.) To be absorbed in one's thoughts; ponder; ruminate |
| negligible | (adj.) Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling |
| perpetuate | (v.) To preserve from extinction or oblivion |
| precedent | (n.) An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule |
| punitive | (adj.) Pertaining to punishment |
| redress | (v.) to set right |
| sojourn | (n.) A temporary stay, a brief period of residence; (v.) To stay for a time in place, to live temporarily |
| urbane | (adj.) Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner |
| affiliated | (adj.) Being joined in close association |
| ascertain | (v.) To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation |
| attainment | (n.) An accomplishment or achievement that is gained or reached |
| bequeath | (v.) To give by will |
| cogent | (adj.) appealing to the mind or to reason; convincing |
| converge | (v.) To cause to incline and approach nearer together |
| disperse | (v.) To drive off or scatter in different directions |
| esteem | (n.) A favorable opinion or judgment; (v.) To regard with respect |
| expunge | (v.) To eliminate completely; annihilate |
| finite | (adj.) Limited |
| invulnerable | (adj.) That can not be wounded or hurt |
| malevolent | (adj.) Wishing evil to others |
| nonchalant | (adj.) Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent |
| omniscient | (adj.) Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge |
| panacea | (n.) a cure-all |
| scrupulous | (adj.) Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong |
| skulk | (v.) To move about stealthily |
| supercilious | (adj.) lofty with pride |
| uncanny | (adj.) Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie |
| venial | (adj.) Capable of being forgiven |
| altruistic | (adj.) Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
| assent | (n.) Agreement with a statement or proposal; (v.) To agree or express agreement |
| benefactor | (n.) A doer of kindly and charitable acts |
| chivalrous | (adj.) Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women |
| clemency | (n.) Mercy, forgiveness |
| dearth | (n.) Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable |
| diffident | (adj.) Bashful or unassertive |
| discrepancy | (n.) Divergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference |
| embark | (v.) To make a start, begin something |
| facile | (adj.) Not difficult to do |
| indomitable | (adj.) Not to be subdued; Unconquerable |
| infallible | (adj.) Free from error of judgment, perfect |
| plod | (v.) To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge |
| pungent | (adj.) Affecting the sense of smell |
| remiss | (adj.) Negligent or careless in one's duties |
| repose | (n.) The state of being at rest or relaxing; (v.) To rest or relax |
| temerity | (n.) Audacity, boldness |
| truculent | (adj.) Fierce, harsh, aggressive |
| unfeigned | (adj.) Genuine; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed |
| virulent | (adj.) Exceedingly noxious or dangerous |
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