VOCABULARY UNIT 1
VOCABULARY WORKSHOP LEVEL E
1. ADULTERATE: (V.) TO CORRUPT,
MAKE WORSE BY THE ADDITION OF
SOMETHING OF LESSER VALUE
SYN: contaminate, pollute, sully
ANT: purify, purge, expurgate
2. AMBIDEXTROUS: (ADJ.) ABLE TO USE
BOTH HANDS EQUALLY WELL; VERY
SKILLFUL; DECEITFUL, HYPOCRITICAL
SYN: versatile, flexible
ANT: clumsy, all thumbs
3. AUGMENT: (V.) TO MAKE LARGER,
INCREASE
SYN: supplement, amplify
ANT: decrease, diminish
4. BEREFT: (ADJ.) DEPRIVED OF; MADE
UNHAPPY THROUGH A LOSS
SYN: bereaved
ANT: replete, well provided
5. DEPLOY: (V.) TO POSITION OR
ARRANGE; TO UTILIZE; TO FORM UP
SYN: station, organize
6. DOUR: (ADJ.) STERN, UNYIELDING,
GLOOMY, ILL-HUMORED
SYN: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine
ANT: cheery, inviting, genial
7. FORTITUDE: (N.) COURAGE IN
FACING DIFFICULTIES
SYN: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
ANT: fearfulness, faintheartedness
8. GAPE: (V.)TO STARE WITH OPEN
MOUTH; TO OPEN THE MOUTH WIDE;
TO OPEN WIDE
SYN: ogle
9. GIBE: (V.) TO UTTER TAUNTING
WORDS; (N.) AN EXPRESSION OF SCORN
SYN: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
ANT: compliment, praise
10. GUISE: (N.) AN EXTERNAL
APPEARANCE, COVER, MASK
SYN: costume, semblance, pretense
11. INSIDIOUS: (ADJ.) INTENDED TO
DECEIVE OR ENTRAP; SLY,
TREACHEROUS
SYN: cunning, dastardly, perfidious
ANT: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
12. INTIMATION: (N.) A HINT, INDIRECT
SUGGESTION
SYN: clue, inkling
13. OPULENT: (ADJ.) WEALTHY,
LUXURIOUS; AMPLE; GRANDIOSE
SYN: rich, plentiful, abundant
ANT: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
14. PLIABLE: (ADJ.) EASILY BENT,
FLEXIBLE; EASILY INFLUENCED
SYN: adaptable, resilient
ANT: inflexible, recalcitrant
15. REITERATE: (V.) TO SAY AGAIN,
REPEAT
SYN: restate, recapitulate
16. STOLID: (ADJ.) NOT EASILY MOVED
MENTALLY OR EMOTIONALLY; DULL,
UNRESPONSIVE
SYN: impassive, phlegmatic
ANT: emotional, oversensitive
17. TENTATIVE: (ADJ.) EXPERIMENTAL
IN NATURE; UNCERTAIN, HESITANT
SYN: provisional, inconclusive
ANT: conclusive, confirmed
18. UNKEMPT: (ADJ.) NOT COMBED;
UNTIDY; NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED;
UNPOLISHED, RUDE
SYN: sloppy, disordered, rough
ANT: well-groomed, tidy
19. VERBATIM: (ADJ., ADV.) WORD FOR
WORD; EXACTLY AS WRITTEN OR
SPOKEN
SYN: exact, precisely
ANT: paraphrased
20. WARILY: (ADV.) CAUTIOUSLY, WITH
GREAT CARE
SYN: prudently, gingerly
ANT: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously