Week 1 Vocab

Question 1

Adulterate

Answer 1

Make impure by adding inferior materials

example: to adulterate food
synonym: impure

Question 2

ambidextrous

Answer 2

A person who can write with both hands

Question 3

Augment

Answer 3

Make something greater by adding to it

Example: He augmented his summer income

Synonym: Increase

Question 4

Bereft

Answer 4

Deprived of or lacking something

Example: Her room was bereft of color

Question 5

Deploy

Answer 5

Bring into effective action

Example: They were not able to deploy his skill

Synonym: Establish, employ

Question 6

Dour

Answer 6

Relentlessly severe, stern, gloomy

Example: A hard, dour, humorless fanatic

Synonym: grim

Question 7

Fortitude

Answer 7

Courage in pain/adversity

Example: She endured her illness with great fortitude

Synonym: Courage

Question 8

Gape

Answer 8

Open mouthed stare

Example: She gaped at the sports car.

Question 9

Gibe

Answer 9

Insulting/mocking remark. Taunt

Example: A gibe on his old rivals

Synonym: Snide

Question 10

Guise

Answer 10

External form or appearance, concealing true nature of something

Example: He visited in the guise of an inspector

Question 11

Insidious

Answer 11

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with HARMFUL effects

Example: There was an insidious onset of the disease

Question 12

Intimation

Answer 12

Indication or hint

Example: The first intimations of trouble

Question 13

Opulent

Answer 13

Wealthy, rich, luxurious, lavish

Example: The opulent comfort of a limousine

Question 14

Pliable

Answer 14

Easily bent; Flexible

Example: Quality leather is pliable and won’t crack

Question 15

Reiterate

Answer 15

Say something again, multiple times for clarity

Example: She reiterated herself

Synonym: repeat