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BHS Vocabulary Unit 1
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10th Grade
09/28/2011

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Term
Adulterate
Definition
make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desireable goods in the production.
-Verb

when your a designer, you adulerate different idea's all the time.
Term
Ambidextrous
Definition
able to use both hands well.
-Adj.

When I Play the paino I am ambidextrous.
Term
Augment
Definition
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent increase .
-Verb

Bills have augment since were in a recession.
Term
Bereft
Definition
a simple past tense and past participle of beereave .
-verb

My behavior was bereft, but now im changed.
Term
Deploy
Definition
Military to spend out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
-verb

I deploy the army to kill all tourists.
Term
Dour
Definition
Sullen ; gloomy
-Adj.

I seen the old lady looking dour and tried to help.
Term
Fortitude
Definition
mental and emotional strength in facing difficultly, adveristy, danger or temptation courageously.
-Noun

I fortitude myself from others, because I'm not like everyone else.
Term
Gape
Definition
to open wide
-verb

The doctors to gape to check my throat.
Term
Gibe
Definition
to utter mocking or scoffing words ; jeer
-verb

I hate when people gibe everything i say.
Term
Guise
Definition
genereal external apperance ; aspect ; semblance.
-Noun

when my family see's me, and they haven't seen me in a long time, they look at my guise.
Term
Insidious
Definition
tricky or sneaky
-Adj.

I hate girls are insidious and spiteful.
Term
Intimation
Definition
hint or clue
-Noun

I like when books are intimation, it makes the story mysterious.
Term
Opulent
Definition
rich, wealthy or expensive
-Adj.

Oprah and other famous people are opulent, so they help the poor and those who need help.
Term
Pilable
Definition
bendable
-Adj.

When you melt glass, it's pilable.
Term
Reiterate
Definition
repeat or say it again
-Verb

My mom always reiterate to me to get off the phone.
Term
Stolid
Definition
emotionless ; doesn't show any emotion
-Adj

I am stolid to my haters, and i can careless about how they feel.
Term
Tentative
Definition
easily changeable
-Adj.

Dropping friends out of my life is very tentative for me.
Term
Unkempt
Definition
disheveled
-Adj.

I am not unkempt, i take care of myself in an oderly fashion.
Term
Verbatim
Definition
repeat word for word
-Adj.

I hate when people verbatim to others.. it's unesscarary.
Term
Warily
Definition
carefully
-Adverb

I always read directions warily.
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