| Term | Definition |
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| Adulterate | (v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value |
| Ambidextrous | (adj.) able to use bot hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical |
| Augment | (v.) to make larger, increase |
| Bereft | (adj., part.) deprived of; made unhappy through loss |
| Deploy | (v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up |
| Dour | (adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored |
| Fortitude | (n.) courage in facing difficulties |
| Gape | (v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide |
| Gibe | (v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn |
| Guise | (n.) an external appearance, cover, mask |
| Insidious | (adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous |
| Intimation | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion |
| Opulent | (adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose |
| Pliable | (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced |
| Reiterate | (v.) to say again, repeat |
| Stolid | (adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive |
| Tentative | (adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant |
| Unkempt | (adj) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude |
| Verbatim | (adj., adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken |
| Warily | (adv.) cautiously, with great care |
| Adroit | (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| Amicable | (adj.) peaceable, friendly |
| Averse | (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| Belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war |
| Benevolent | (adj.) kindly, charitable |
| Cursory | (adj.) hasty, not thorough |
| Duplicity | (n.) treachery, deceitfulness |
| Extol | (v.) to praise extravagantly |
| Feasible | (adj.) possible, able to be done |
| Grimace | (n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face |
| Holocaust | (n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter,; a burnt offering |
| Impervious | (adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| Impetus | (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| Jeopardy | (n.) danger |
| Meticulous | (adj.) extremely careful; particular about details |
| Nostalgia | (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness |
| Quintessence | (n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| Retrogress | (v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| Scrutinize | (v.) to examine closely |
| Tepid | (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |
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