Vocab Unit 1
Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
What is insidious?
Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
What is ambidextrous?
Danger
What is jeopardy?
To praise extravagantly
What is extol?
To move backward; to return to an earlier condition
What is retrogress?
An external appearance, cover, mask
What is guise?
To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
What is deploy?
A longing for something past; homesickness
What is nostalgia?
What is to examine closely?
To stare with an open mouth
What is gape?
Wealthy, luxurious; ample. grandiose
What is opulent?
To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
What is adulterate?
Extremely careful; particular about details
What is meticulous?
Antonym for benevolent
What is malicious, spiteful
To make larger, to increase
What is augment?
A hint, indirect suggestion
Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
What is stolid?
The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
What is quintessence?
Define cursory
What is hasty, not thorough?
Define dour
What is stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored?
Define bereft
What is deprived of; made unhappy through a loss?
Define forititude
What is courage in facing difficulties?
What part of speech is feasible?
What is an adjective?
Define tepid
What is lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest?
Define impetus
What is a moving force, impulse, stimulus?