Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Able to use both hands equally well, very skillful, deceitful, hypocritical

Answer 1

Ambidextrous

Sentence: children can display ambidextrous abilities when writing

Question 2

To make larger, increase

Answer 2

Augment

Sentence: tension augments during the rising action

Question 3

Deprived of, mad unhappy through a loss

Answer 3

Bereft

Sentence: old people may eventually be bereft of friends

Question 4

To position or arrange, to utilize, to form up

Answer 4

Deploy

Sentence: the navy deploys their personnel in a strategic matter

Question 5

Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Answer 5

Dour

Sentence: the scene where Romeo and Juliet dies is dour

Question 6

Courage in facing difficulties

Answer 6

Fortitude

Sentence: people that survive tornadoes show great fortitude toward rebuilding their houses and lives

Question 7

To stare with an open mouth, to open the mouth wide, to open wide

Answer 7

Gape

Sentence: when I went to Italy, I gaped at the sights I saw

Question 8

To utter taunting words

An expression of scorn

Answer 8

Gibe

Sentence: presidential candidates gibe at other presidential candidates

Question 9

An external appearance, cover, mask

Answer 9

Guise

Sentence: criminals often present themselves with a guise

Question 10

Intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous

Answer 10

Insidious

Sentence: an insidious scheme to rob a bank was detected by the police

Question 11

A hint, indirect suggestion

Answer 11

Intimation

Sentence: the criminal left intimations for the police to find

Question 12

Wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose

Answer 12

Opulent

Sentence: many actors buy opulent houses

Question 13

Easily bent, flexible, easily influenced

Answer 13

Pliable

Sentence: copper is a pliable metal that is common in maintenance work

Question 14

To say again, repeat

Answer 14

Reiterate

Sentence: important statements are often reiterated so listeners remember

Question 15

Not easily moved mentally or emotionally, dull, unresponsive

Answer 15

Stolid

Sentence: people that are stolid do things with confidence

Question 16

Experimental in nature, uncertain, hesitant

Answer 16

Tentative

Sentence: most people make tentative plans for dinner

Question 17

Not combed, untidy, not properly maintained, unpolished, rude

Answer 17

Unkempt

Sentence: many of today’s fashions make teens look unkempt

Question 18

Word for word, exactly as written or spoken

Answer 18

Verbatim

News channels will show the verbatim text of presidential candidates

Question 19

Cautiously, with great care

Answer 19

Warily

Sentence: children play warily on the school equipment

Question 20

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

Answer 20

Adulterate

Sentence: hospitals make sure that nothing adulterates the blood supply