Vocabulary Units 1-3

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Adulterate

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(v) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

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Ambidextrous

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(adj). able to use noth hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical

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Augment

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(v.) to make larger, increase

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Bereft

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(Adj.,part.) Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

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Deploy

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(v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

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Dour

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(adj). stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

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Fortitude

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(n.) courage in facing difficulties

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Gape

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(v.) to stare with an open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide

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Gibe

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(v.) to utter taunting words
(n.) an expression of scorn

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Guise

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(n.) an external appearance, cover, mask

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Insidious

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(adj). intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

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Intimation

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(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion

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opulent

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(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandoise

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Pliable

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(adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced

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Reiterate

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(v.) to say again, repeat

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Stolid

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(adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive

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Tentative

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(adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant

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Unkempt

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(adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude

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Verbatim

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(adj., adv) word for word, exactly as written or spoken

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Warily

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(adv.) cautiously, with great care

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Adroit

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(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

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Amicable

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(adj.) peaceable, friendly

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Averse

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(adj.)having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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Belligerent

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(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
(n.) one at war, one engaged in war

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Benevolent

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(adj.) kindly, charitable

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Cursory

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(adj.) hasty, not thorough

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Duplicity

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(n.) treachery, deceitfulness

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Extol

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(v.) to praise extravagently

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Feasible

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(adj.) possible, able to be done

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Grimace

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(n.) a wry face, facial distortion
(v.) to make a wry face

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Holocaust

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(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

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Impervious

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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

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Impetus

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(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

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Jeopardy

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(n.) Danger

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Meticulous

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(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

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Nostalgia

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(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

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Quintessence

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(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

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Retrogress

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(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

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Scrutinize

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(v.) to examine closely

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tepid

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(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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Adversary

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(n.) an enemy, opponent

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Alienate

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(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

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Artifice

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(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

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Coerce

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(v.) to compel, force

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Craven

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(adj.) Cowardly
(n.) a coward

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Culinary

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(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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Delete

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(v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out

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Demise

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(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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Exhilarate

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(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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Fallow

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(adj.) Plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish-yellow
(n.) land left unseeded
(v.) to plow but not seed

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Harass

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(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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Inclement

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(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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Muse

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(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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Negligible

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(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disreguarded

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Perpetuate

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(v.) to make permanent or long lasting

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Precedent

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(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

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Punitive

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(adj). inflicting or aiming at punishment

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Redress

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(v.) to set right, remedy
(n.) releif from wrong or injury

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Sojourn

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(n.) a temporaty stay
(v.) to stay for a time

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Urbane

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(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave