Vocabulary
Unit 1
adulterate – warily
1. Adulterate
Bob can adulterate a
good story with his nasty
comments.
(We were having fun until he started talking.)
2.
Ambidextrous
The ambidextrous man was
able to throw a baseball and play
a tuba at the same time.
(and he can write with both hands)
3. Augment
Upperclassmen should augment
the confidence of the freshmen.
(Opposite of terrorizing them.)
4. Bereft
Bill was bereft after the
loss of his pet cow.
(Pretend that the cow was a dog that
he’s had for 10 years.)
5. Deploy
If the plane is to crash,
you must deploy your
parachute.
(C’mon on, plane’s going down. )
6. Dour
The town of Dyer, Indiana is
dour and unexciting.
(What is an unexciting town like?)
7. Fortitude
The wrestler showed great
fortitude when fighting
the alligator.
(What qualities do you need to fight an alligator?)
8. Gape
I couldn’t help but gape
at the giant spaceship.
(You see a spaceship, what do you do?)
9. Gibe
If someone does
something wrong, bribe
them. Don’t gibe them.
(You do not want to anger the animals.)
10. Guise
The thief wore the
guise of a lady.
(Use guise as the base of another word.)
11. Insidious
The scientist’s insidious
plan gave him the title
Mad
Scientist.
. (Mad as in crazy.)
12.
Intimation
The runner showed no
intimation of being tired.
(He wanted to keep on running)
13. Opulent
He had the most
opulent car on the lot.
14. Pliable
Shirley is the CEO of the
Reliable Pliable
Rubber Band Co.
(What can you with rubber? Why?)
15. Reiterate
The repetition of the
word reiterate is
redundant.
(Redundant means unnecessary. So, to keep
saying the word reiterate is unnecessary
because the word itself means..?
16. Stolid
The raccoon was stolid
after I hit it with the
baseball bat.
What are you like after getting hit with a bat?
17. Tentative
The plans to take a
vacation are tentative
until the hurricane blows
through.
(Hurricane dictates actions.)
18. Unkempt
The man who never
takes a shower had a
very unkempt
appearance.
(No shower. What does he look like)
19. Verbatim
Recite verbatim what
the alien told you.
(Important so we need all words said)
20. Warily
Fearing a venomous
bite, Paul picked up the
snake warily.
(How do you pick up a snake?)
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