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| adulterate | (v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value |
| ambidextrous | (adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical |
| augment | (v.) to make larger, increase |
| bereft | (part., adj.) deprived of; made unhappy through a 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 ope 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, 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.) extemely 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 |
| adversary | (n.) an enemy, opponent |
| alienate | (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| artifice | (n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery |
| coerce | (v.) to compel, force |
| craven | (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward |
| culinary | (adj.) of or related to cooking or to the kitchen |
| delete | (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| demise | (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| exhilarate | (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow | (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed |
| harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| inclement | (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| muse | (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| negligible | (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| perpetuate | (v.) to make permanent or long lasting |
| precedent | (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| punitive | (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | (v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn | (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time |
| urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave |
