Unit 1

dangerous through cunning, subtlety & underhandness

• insidious

• pliable

• tentative

• warily

easily bent; flexible; malleable

• pliable

• tentative

• warily

• augment

not yet fully developed or definitively decided

• tentative

• warily

• augment

• dour

in a cautious or watchful manner

• warily

• augment

• dour

• gibe

to make greater in size or amount

• augment

• dour

• gibe

• intimation

sullen, ill-humored or unfriendly

• dour

• gibe

• intimation

• reiterate

to make mocking or derisive comments

• gibe

• intimation

• reiterate

• unkempt

something hinted at; implied; or subtly revealed

• intimation

• reiterate

• unkempt

• adulterate

to say again

• reiterate

• unkempt

• adulterate

• bereft

not combed; poorly groomed

• unkempt

• adulterate

• bereft

• fortitude