Unit One Vocabulary
contaminate, sully, to corrupt
•adulterate
able to use both hands equally well
•ambidextrous
enlarge, amplify, increase
•augment
bereaved; made unhappy because of loss
•bereft
station, organize, to arrange
•deploy
bleak, gloomy
•dour
steadfastness, resolve
•fortitude
gawk, ogle; to open the mouth
•gape
ridicule, mock, jeer
•gibe
costume, mask
•guise
cunning, intended to deceive, treacherous
•insidious
inkling, indication, clue, hint
•intimation
rich, abundant, lavish
•opulent
resilient, flexible; easily influenced
•pliable
restate, repeat
•reiterate
impassive, unresponsive, phlegmatic
•stolid
inconclusive, uncertain
•tentative
sloppy, disheveled; rude
•unkempt
word for word
•verbatim
carefully, cautiously
•warily