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Vocab. Lev. D
Unit 10
Question | Answer |
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adept | (adj.) thoroughly skilled |
adept | (n.) an expert |
aspire | strive toward a goal |
bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
chide | to blame, scold |
despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
diminutive | smaller than most others |
emancipate | free from slavery, to release or liberate |
erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
exploit | to make use of, to develop, to make improper use of for personal profit or a feat or deed |
extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
impair | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
invincible | not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
languid | drooping, without energy, sluggish |
mire | mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation or to get stuck |
obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out |
preamble | an introdution to a speech |
render | to cause or become, to deliver officially, to process or extract |
rugged | very rough, irregular, severe, stern, strong |
skeptical | inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true |
slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, careless |