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AdvEng Vocab Unit1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an external appearance, cover, mask | Guise |
| not eaisly moved mentally or emotionally; dull unresponsive | Stolid |
| to make larger, increase | Augment |
| word for word; exactly as written or spoken | Verbatim |
| courage in facing difficulties | Fortitude |
| wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose | Opulent |
| stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored | Dour |
| to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value | Adulterate |
| eaisly bent, flexible; easily influened | Pliable |
| to utter taunting words, an expression of scorn | Gibe |
| not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished; rude | Unkempt |
| a hint, indirect suggestion | Intimation |
| experimental in nature; uncertain hestitant | Tentative |
| able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical | Ambidextrous |
| to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up | Deploy |
| cautiously with great care | Wairly |
| intended to deceive or entap; sly, treacherous | Insidious |
| to say again, repeat | Reiterate |
| to stare with open mouth, to open the mouth wide; to open wide | Gape |
| deprived of; made unhappy through a loss | Bereft |