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Sadlier Oxford D
WCHS Unit 10-D
Word | Definition |
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adept | (adj) thoroughly skilled; (n) and expert |
aspire | (v) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly |
bleak | (adj) bare, dreary, dismal |
chide | (v) to blame; scold |
despicable | (adj) worthy of scorn, contemptible |
diminutive | (adj) small; smaller than most others of the same type |
emancipate | (v) to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
erroneous | (adj) incorrect, containing mistakes |
exploit | (v) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n) a feat, deed |
extemporaneous | (adj) made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
impair | (v) to make imperfect, damage, harm |
invincible | (adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
languid | (adj) drooping; without energy, sluggish |
mire | (n) mud; wet, swampy gound; a tough situation; (v) to get stuck |
obtrusive | (adj) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
preamble | (n) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
render | (v) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract |
rugged | (adj) rough, irregular, severe. stern; strong; stormy |
skeptical | (adj) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
slipshod | (adj) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy |