Week 1 Vocabulary
augment (verb) to make larger, to increase SYN: enlarge, supplement, amplify ANT: decrease, diminish augment
bereft (adj., participle) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss SYN: bereaved ANT: replete, well provided bereft
deploy (verb) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up SYN: station, organize deploy
dour (adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored SYN: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine ANT: cheery, inviting, genial dour
guise (noun) an external appearance, cover, mask SYN: costume, semblance, pretense guise
insidious (adj) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous SYN: cunning, underhanded, perfidious ANT: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard insidious
intimation (noun) a hint, indirect suggestion SYN: clue, indication, inkling intimation
opulent luxurious; ample; grandiose SYN: rich, lavish, (adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose SYN: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant ANT: poverty- stricken, wretched, destitute opulent
pliable (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced SYN: supple, adaptable, resilient ANT: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant pliable
warily (adv.) cautiously, with great care SYN: carefully, prudently, gingerly ANT: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously warily