Ch1 Definitions Flashcards

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Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical

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Ambidextrous

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To make larger, increase

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Augment

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Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

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Bereft

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To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

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Deploy

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Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

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Dour

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Courage in facing difficulties

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Fortitude

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To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide

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Gape

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To utter taunting words; an expression of scorn

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Gibe

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An external appearance, cover, mask

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Guise

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Intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous

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Insidious

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A hint, indirect suggestion

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Intimation

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Wealthy, luxurious, AMPLE, GRANDIOSE

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Opulent

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Easily bent, flexible,easily influenced

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Pliable

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To say again, repeat

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Reiterate

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Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive

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Stolid

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Experimental in nature, uncertain, hesitant

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Tentative

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Not combed, untidy, not properly maintained, unpolished, rude

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Unkempt

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Word for word, exactly as written or spoken

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Verbatim

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Cautiously, with great care

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Warily

20
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To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

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Adulterate