| A | B |
|---|
| 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 ease |
| 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 |
| verbatim | (adj.) Using exactly the same words, corresponding word for word; (adv.) In exactly the same words, word for word |
| warily | (adv.) Characterized by caution |
