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    This document provides vocabulary words with their definitions, part of speech, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences. It defines 10 words: augment, ambidextrous, guise, opulent, adulterate, bereft, fortitude, dour, gibe, and menace. For each word, it lists synonyms and antonyms to enhance understanding of the word's meaning and usage. The examples provide contexts in which the words can be used.

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    VOCABULARY ENHANCEMENT WEEK 1

    NAME: Cindy L. Maceren


    Section: Edison

    1. AUGMENT
    (verb) to make larger, increase
    Synonyms: enlarge, supplement, amplify
    Antonyms: decrease, diminish
    Sentence: many couples have to augment their income in order to pay the mortgage on a new home.

    2. AMBIDEXTROUS
    (adjective) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deciteful; hypocritical
    Synonyms: versatile,facile
    Antonyms: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit
    Sentence: occasionally a teacher will come across a child who displays ambidextrous abilities when
    taught to write.

    3. GUISE
    (noun) an external appearance, cover, mask
    Synonyms: costume, semblance, pretense
    Sentence: the thieves gained entry to the home by presenting themselves in the guise of police officers.

    4. OPULENT
    (adjective) wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose
    Synonyms: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
    Antonyms: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
    Sentence: the tour guide showed us the opulent living quarters of the royal family.

    5. ADULTERATE
    (verb) to corrupt,make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
    Synonyms: contaminate,pollute, sully, Antonyms:purify, purge, expurgate
    Sentence: hospitals take strict precautions to assure that nothing adulterates the blood supply.

    6. BEREFT
    (verb) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up.
    Synonyms: station, organize
    Sentence: a bugle call is a signal used to deploy troops for inspection,parade,or battle.

    7. FORTITUDE
    (noun) courage in facing difficulties.
    Synonyms: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
    Antonyms: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
    Sentence: The residents of the Mississippi delta showed remarkable fortitude during and after the flood
    that destroyed their homes and businesses.

    8. DOUR
    (adjective) stern,unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored.
    Synonyms: harsh, bleak,forbidding, saturnine
    Antonyms: cheery, inviting, genial
    Sentence: Dickens's Mr. Gradgrind in the novel hard times is an example of a character with a dour and
    sullen disposition.

    9. GIBE
    (verb) to utter taunting words: (noun) an expression of scorn.
    Synonyms: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
    Antonyms: compliment, praise
    Sentence: The recruits rushed into battle so that no one could gibe at them for cowardice.

    10. MENACE
    (noun): danger
    Synonyms: threat, peril
    Antonyms: safety, surety
    Sentence: Terrorism is a potential menace to the integrity of the country

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