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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary: Unit 1. Mrs. Asenbauer English 9H. verb To corrupt, make worse by adding something, to pollute, to sully, contaminate Ex. The fumes from the ancient dump truck adulterated the clean air. adulterate. adj. Able to use both hands equally well; versatile, facile - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary: Unit 1
Mrs. AsenbauerEnglish 9H
adulterate
• verb• To corrupt, make
worse by adding something, to pollute, to sully, contaminate
• Ex. The fumes from the ancient dump truck adulterated the clean air.
ambidextrous
• adj.• Able to use both hands
equally well; versatile, facile
• Ex. As a softball coach, I often wish that more of my players were ambidextrous and could bat either left-handed or right-handed.
augment
• verb• To make larger, to
increase, to supplement
• Ex. Many personal trainers promise that regular exercise workouts will augment your strength while working your muscles.
bereft
• adj.• Deprived of, bereaved,
made unhappy through a loss
• Ex. A former cookie addict, Jenny felt bereft each time she walked past the cookie store at Crossgates and realized she didn’t have the willpower to enter the store and not buy a treat.
deploy
• verb• To position or
arrange, to organize, to form up
• Ex. Todd’s mother sobbed when he told her that his company had been told to prepare for deployment to Iraq.
dour
• adj• Stern, unyielding,
harsh, bleak, gloomy, forbidding
• Ex. My daughter is terrified of skeletons; I can only assume that this fright is due to the dour images they portray.
fortitude
• noun• Courage in facing
difficulties; resolve
• Ex. Individuals who are confronted with surviving a horrible illness must show great fortitude, often for an extended amount of time.
gape
• verb• To stare with open
mouth, to gawk, ogle
• Ex. When Veronica stepped on the scale and saw that she had lost seven pounds that week, she gaped in amazement.
gibe
• verb - to utter taunting words
• noun – an expression of scorn or ridicule
• Ex. Students sometimes make the mistake of assuming that teachers do not hear them making gibes about our colleagues.
guise
• noun• An external
appearance, a mask, cover, pretense’
• Ex. The bank robber attempted to use a mask as a guise for protection.
insidious
• adj.• Intended to deceive,
trick or entrap; sly, cunning, treacherous
• Ex. Teenagers are known to create insidious excuses for missing their curfews.
intimation
• noun• A hint; an indirect
suggestion, a clue, an inkling
• Ex. When asked who he planned on asking to the prom, Adam would give no intimation of who it would be.
opulent
• adj.• wealthy, rick,
lavish, ample
• Ex. There are several opulent homes within our school district.
pliable
• adj.• Easily bent,
flexible, supple, adaptable
• Ex. Many toddlers are extremely pliable as their muscles grow.
reiterate
• verb• To say again;
repeat, restate
• Ex. As a Yankee fan, it thrilled me to reiterate that they were the world champions for several years.
stolid
• adj.• Not easily moved
mentally or emotionally, dull, unresponsive, impassive
Ex. Some teachers seem quite stolid when faced with even the most humorous circumstances.
tentative
• adj.• Uncertain, hesitant,
provisional
• Ex. Kelli offered a tentative answer when Bob asked her to the prom because she wasn’t sure if she had other plans for that evening.
unkempt
• adj.• Sloppy, untidy,
disheveled, disordered
• Ex. It is often questionable why many students intentionally arrive to school with unkempt appearances.
verbatim
• adj. – word for word, exact
• adv. – exactly as written, precisely
• Ex. When quoting a source in the newspaper, it is imperative that the comment appears verbatim.
warily
• adv.• Cautiously, with
great care, carefully, prudently, gingerly
• Ex. Terrified of dogs, Kate warily approached the puppy in case it jumped on her.