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bs vocab unit 1
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10th Grade
09/28/2011

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Term
adulterate
Definition
to increase
how can you tell whether the chopped meat patty you ate for lunch had been adulterated with artificial coloring and other foreign substances
verb..
Term
ambidextrious
Definition
both haands
i am ambidextrous
adverb..
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augment
Definition
to make impure
the company comander called his troops together and asked for more volunteers to augment the strength of the raiding party
verb..
Term
bereft
Definition
deprived of
what a tradgedy that in the twilight of her life the unfortunate woman should be bereft just because she is wearing baby blue bermuda shorts on campus.
adj.
Term
deploy
Definition
to send out
the army deployed the troops to iraq
verb
Term
dour
Definition
stern face
the judge had a dour face on the day of the trial
adj.
Term
fortitude
Definition
strength
americas earliest settlers faced the hardships of life on the frontier with fortitude
noun
Term
gape
Definition
wide open
the childrens faces were gape when they found out that they had homework friday night
verb
Term
gibe
Definition
to mock
she was very gibed with her remarks
verb/noun
Term
guise
Definition
external or outword appearence
when she came up to him she had a guise look to her but she was very friendly
noun
Term
insidious
Definition
tricky
to this day historians are still debating whether or not aron burr was guilty of an insidious attack on the u.s
adj.
Term
intimation
Definition
hint or clue
the teacher wont give me a intimation to the test
noun
Term
opulent
Definition
rich
i am very opulent
adj.
Term
pliable
Definition
bendable
that wood is very pliable after you rip i into pieces
Term
reiterate
Definition
to repeat
my mom always reiterate what ever she says
verb
Term
stolid
Definition
emotionless
they all had an stolid face when they saw us
adj.
Term
tentative
Definition
changeable
i essay is very tentative
adj.
Term
unkempt
Definition
not nice looking
she is very unkempt for her meeting today
adj
Term
verbatium
Definition
word for word
she always says her sentences verbatiumly
adj.
Term
warily
Definition
cautiously
i am very warily about walking on the board walk at night in atlantic city
adverb
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