ADJECTIVES
stern, gloomy, ill-humored
What is DOUR?
to say again; repeat
What is REITERATE?
courage in facing difficulties
What is FORTITUDE?
cautiously; with great care
What is WARILY?
intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
What is INSIDIOUS?
to utter taunting words
What is GIBE?
a hint; an indirect suggestion
What is INTIMATION?
easily bent; flexible; easily influenced
What is PLIABLE?
We visited a(n) ____________ mansion filled with priceless art and antiques.
What is OPULENT?
The company was fined for _____________ing its “all beef” frankfurters with cheap additives.
What is ADULTERATE?
This book is unorganized and completely ___________ of an index.
What is BEREFT?
What is UNKEMPT?
Although her life was on trial, she remained ___________ during the criminal proceedings.
What is STOLID?
She took a second job to ____________ her income.
What is AUGMENT?
The newscaster quoted the president's speech ______________.
What is VERBATIM?
When I took my son to the zoo, he __________d with amazement at the squabbling monkeys.
What is GAPE?
I have ___________ agreement with the city officials to allow me to sell items from my home until my store is rebuilt.
What is TENTATIVE?
As television crews descended on the area, the government prepared to rapidly __________ doctors and epidemiologists to the area.
What is DEPLOY?
My new neighbor began seeking my company under the ___________ of friendship, but he turned out to be a member of a religious cult bent on conversion
What is GUISE?
He is completely ambidextrous -- that is to say, completely able to express himself eloquently in both writing and in speaking.
What is AMBIDEXTROUS?