Vocab Quiz #5 Flashcards
1
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Adulterate
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To corrupt or make worse by addition of something of lesser value. (V)
2
Q
Augment
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To make large or increase. (V)
3
Q
Bereft
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Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss. (V)
4
Q
Disparage
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Express a negative opinion which often results in a diminished value. (V)
5
Q
Dour
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Stern, unyielding, gloomy, or Ill-humored. (Adj)
6
Q
Encapsulate
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To enclose in. (V)
7
Q
Fortitude
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Courage in facing difficulty. (N)
8
Q
Insidious
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Intended to decide or entrap; sly, treacherous. (Adj)
9
Q
Intimate
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A hint or indirect suggestion. (V)
10
Q
Opulent
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Wealth, luxurious, ample, grandiose. (Adj)
11
Q
Ostensible
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Of or related to motives or facts that are apparent but not necessarily real or true. (Adj)
12
Q
Pilable
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Easily beat, flexible; easily influenced (adj)
13
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Proscribe
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Command against. (V)
14
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Recede
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Move back or retreat (v)
