English Vocabulary Midterm Review

Adulterate
Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, sully
Antonyms: purify, purge, expurgate

(V.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

Ambidextrous
Synonyms: versatile, flexible
Antonyms: clumsy, all thumbs

(Adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical

Augment
Synonyms: supplement, amplify
Antonyms: decrease, diminish

(V.) to make larger, increase

Bereft
Synonyms: bereaved
Antonyms: replete, well provided

(Adj. , part.) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

Dour
Synonyms: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine
Antonyms: cherry, inviting, genial

(Adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Fortitude
Synonyms: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
Antonyms: fearfulness, faintheartedness

(n.) courage in facing difficulties

Gibe
Synonyms: (v.) ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
Antonyms: (n.) compliment, praise

(V.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn

Insidious
Synonyms: cunning, dastardly, perfidious
Antonyms: frank, ingenious, aboveboard

(adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

Intimation
Synonyms: clue, inkling

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion

Opulent
Synonyms: rich, plentiful, abundant
Antonyms: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute

(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose

Reiterate
Synonyms: restate, recapitulate

(v.) to say again, repeat

Stolid
Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic
Antonyms: emotional, oversensitive

(adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unreponsive

Tentative
Synonyms: provisional, inconclusive
Antonyms: conclusive, confirmed

(adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant

Verbatim
Synonyms: (adj.) exact; (adv.) precisely
Antonyms: (adj.) paraphrased

(adj. , adv.) word for word' exactly as written or spoken

Unkempt
Synonyms: sloppy, disordered, rough
Antonyms: well-groomed, tidy

(adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude

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