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Literature
11th Grade
01/16/2013

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Wary
Definition

Marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfullness especially in detecting and escaping danger


EX: Investors are increasingly wary about putting money into stocks. 

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Ambivalent
Definition

Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action.


EX: She was ambivalent about her daily hairstyle. 

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Equivocate
Definition

To use equivocal language especially when intent to decieve, to avoid committing oneself in what one says. 


EX: The applicant seemed to be equivocating when we asked him about his last job. 

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Wily
Definition

Clever, crafty


EX: A wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really needed. 

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Surreptitiously
Definition

Acting or doing something clandestinely (in secret)


EX: A private investigator is adept at taking surreptitious pictures of adulterous couples. 

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Ruse
Definition

A trick, deception in order to conceal or evade.


EX: His act was just a clever ruse to get me to go out with him. 


 

 

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Capricious
Definition

Impulsive, unpredictable.  


EX: The employees were at the mercy of a capricious boss. 

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Inconsequential
Definition

Irrelevant


EX: It was an inconsequential error that did not impact the outcome. 

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Apathetic
Definition

Having no interest or concern, showing no emotion.


EX: Most Americans are apathetic about this important concern.

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Ambiguous
Definition

Capable of being understood in multiple ways. 


EX: He looked at her with an ambiguous smile. 

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