Vocab Chapter 1 Syn and Antm
insidious
cunning, underhanded, perfidious
verbatim
word for work, exact
intimation
a clue, indication, inkling
gibe
a compliment, praise
guise
a costume, semblance; a pretense
intimation
a direct or blunt communication
warily
carefully, prudently, gingerly
dour
cheery, inviting, genial
ambidextrous
clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit
tentative
definite, conclusive, confirmed
bereft
deprived; saddened by loss, bereaved
stolid
emotional, oversensitive; high-strung
ambidextrous
equally skillful with both hands
fortitude
fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
insidious
frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
dour
harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine
stolid
impassive, phlegmatic, unresponsive
verbatim
paraphrased
opulent
poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
tentative
provisional, inconclusive
warily
recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously
bereft
replete, well provided with
fortitude
resolve, steadfastness, mettle
opulent
rich, lavish; plentiful, abundant
pliable
rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant
unkempt
sloppy, disheveled; disordered; rough
pliable
supple, adaptable, resilient
deploy
to arrange, station, organize
adulterate
to contaminate, pollute, sully
augment
to decrease, diminish
augment
to enlarge, supplement, amplify
gape
to gawk, ogle; to open wide
adulterate
to purify, purge, expurgate
reiterate
to repeat, rehash
gibe
to ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
unkempt
well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty