Vocab-1

Question 1

Bereft

Answer 1

deprived of or lacking

Question 2

Stolid

Answer 2

Calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.

Question 3

Warily

Answer 3

cautiously; carefully.

Question 4

Intimation

Answer 4

an indication or hint

Question 5

Deploys

Answer 5

move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.

Question 6

Reiterate

Answer 6

say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

Question 7

Insidious

Answer 7

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Question 8

Verbatim

Answer 8

in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Question 9

Dour

Answer 9

relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.

Question 10

Ambidextrous

Answer 10

(of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well.
[Dual wielding]

Question 11

Unkempt

Answer 11

(especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance.

Question 12

Gaped

Answer 12

be or become wide open.

Question 13

Opulent

Answer 13

ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.

Question 14

Adulterated

Answer 14

render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one.

Question 15

Fortitude

Answer 15

courage in pain or adversity.

Question 16

Augment

Answer 16

make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Question 17

Pliable

Answer 17

easily bent; flexible.

Question 18

Guise

Answer 18

an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something

Question 19

Gibes

Answer 19

an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.

Question 20

Tentative

Answer 20

not certain or fixed; provisional.