1. Week 1 Vocabulary

2. augment (verb) to make larger, to increase SYN: enlarge, supplement,
amplify
ANT: decrease,
diminish
augment

3. bereft (adj., participle) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
SYN: bereaved
ANT: replete, well
provided
bereft

4. deploy (verb) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
SYN: station,
organize
deploy

5. dour (adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored SYN: harsh, bleak,
forbidding,
saturnine
ANT: cheery,
inviting, genial
dour

6. guise (noun) an external appearance, cover, mask SYN: costume,
semblance,
pretense
guise

7. insidious (adj) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
SYN: cunning,
underhanded,
perfidious
ANT: frank, ingenuous,
aboveboard
insidious

8. intimation (noun) a hint, indirect suggestion SYN: clue, indication,
inkling
intimation

9. opulent luxurious; ample; grandiose SYN: rich, lavish,
(adj.) wealthy,
luxurious; ample;
grandiose
SYN: rich, lavish,
plentiful, abundant
ANT: poverty-
stricken, wretched,
destitute
opulent

10. pliable (adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced SYN: supple,
adaptable,
resilient
ANT: rigid,
inflexible,
recalcitrant
pliable

11. warily (adv.) cautiously, with great care SYN: carefully,
prudently, gingerly
ANT: recklessly,
heedlessly,
incautiously
warily