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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tentative | Experimental in nature, hesitant |
| Verbatim | to repeat word for word |
| Adroit | smart, skillful, dextrous |
| Grimace | a slight smile, a wry face |
| Adversary | enemy of opponent |
| Coerce | to force, to intimidate |
| Craven | coward, to act cowardly |
| Delete | to get rid of, to erase |
| Meticulous | extremely carful |
| Quintessence | purest form |
| Augment | to increase |
| Ambidextrous | can use two hands very well |
| Fortitude | courage, courage in tough times |
| Guise | Mask, coverup, disguise |
| Belligerent | Pugnacious, war-like |
| Impervious | not affected by |
| Duplicity | treacherous |
| Impetus | moving force |
| Inclement | stormy weather |
| Amicable | friendly |
| Insidious | sly, sneaky, evil |
| Reiterate | repeat |
| Sojourn | a short, temporary stay |
| Redress | to take back, to remedy |
| Precedent | a new "rule", tradition, model |
| Muse | to ponder, think, daydream |
| Exhilarate | to excite, to be excited |
| Intimation | hint |
| Opulent | wealthy |
| Warily | cautiously, not heedlessly |
| Unkempt | dirty, not kept, dirty |
| Benevolent | nice, loving, warm hearted |
| Cursory | hasty not thorough |
| Scrutinize | to look at closley |
| Fallow | fallow period: blank, nothing happened |
| Harass | to hurt verbally, and physically |
| Perpetuate | to make long lasting |
| Demise | Death of a wealthy, popular, person |
| Holocaust | Damage usually by fire |
| Feasible | able to be done |
| Gape | stare open mouthed |
| Dour | stern, gloomy |
| Adulterate | to make less of, corrupt |
| Tepid | unenthusiastic |
| Jeopardy | in trouble, needs help, danger |
| Artifice | a skillful trick, ingeneous |
| Culinary | food, something to do with cooking or int the kitchen |
| Alienate | to separate.... |
| Negligible | dont need to worry about it, you dont need it |
| Nostalgia | homesickness |
| Retrogress | to move backwards mentally and physically |
| Bereft | to deprive of |
| Deploy | to send out |
| Pliable | able to bend, bendable |
| Stolid | not easily moved mentally of emotionally |
| Extol | to praise |
| Averse | strongly oppose |
| Urbane | updated, new, stylish, suave |
| Punitive | punishing, harmful, having to do with punishment |
| Gibe | to go at, bully, taunt, tease |
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