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

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Term
Insidious
Definition
Sneaky, Tricky (adj)
Osama bin laden is an insidous and dead man.
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Intimation
Definition
Clue, Hint (noun)
Mary gave no intimation of her true feelings about me.
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Opulent
Definition
Wealthy, Luxurious (adj)
I aspire to be an opulent and successful man!
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Pliable
Definition
Bendable, Formable (adj)
When heated, metal is very pliabe.
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Reiterate
Definition
Repeat, Retell (verb)
Mary, i will not reiterate once more how much i hate you!
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Stolid
Definition
Tough, Emotionless (adj)
Behind mary's stolid exterior she has a soft spot for kittens and crabs.
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Tentative
Definition
Changeable, Undecided (adj)
My decision about hanging out later is tentative.
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Unkempt
Definition
Dishoveled, messy (adj)
Mary is very unkempt every day.
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Verbatim
Definition
Word-for-Word (adj)
The Stonagrapher copies the speach verbatim
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Warily
Definition
Cautiously, Carefully (adv)
I warily aproached mary's house
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Adulterate
Definition
Impurify, Lessen (verb)
Talk to me in that tone again and i will adulterate your face like McDonalds does to the meat in their burgers!
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Ambidextrous
Definition
Ability to write with both hands equally well. (adj)
I am Ambidextrous
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Augment
Definition
To change (verb)
I augmented my clothes to look good for my date with Mary.
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Bereft
Definition
To be deprived, to have something missing. (adj)
Mary moved to australia and i am bereft of my only friend.
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Deploy
Definition
To send out, To station (verb)
The general deployed his troops.
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Dour
Definition
Straight Face (adj)
whenever i am in mary's proximity my expression turns dour.
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Fortitude
Definition
To support, To make better (noun)
an army tank has much fortitude.
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Gape
Definition
To stare in WOW, big hole (verb)
i gaped at the giant monkey.
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Gibe
Definition
To riticule (verb)
I gibed at Old McDonald's pants
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Guise
Definition
Appearence (noun)
Your guise is funny.
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