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adept adj. thoroughly skilled
adept n. an expert
aspire v. to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desiire earnestly; to ascend
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
exploit 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 ground;a tough situation
mire v. to get stuck
obtrusive adj. forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
preamble n. an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
render to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
exploit 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 ground;a tough situation
mire v. to get stuck
obtrusive adj. forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
preamble n. an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
render to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
rugged adj. rough, irregular; severe, stern; stron; stormy
skeptical adj. inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
slipshod adj. untidy in derss, personal habits, etc.;careless, sloppy
brevity n. shortness
comport v. to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
concise adj. expressing much in a few words
demure adj. sober or serious in manner, modest
depreciation n. a lessening in value; a belittling
deteriorate v. to lower in quality or value; to wear away
divulge v. to tell, reveal; to make public
enlightened adj. free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding
forestall v. to prevent by acting first
garble v. to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
proponent n. one who puts forward a proposal;one who supports a cause or belief
quaver v. to shake, tremble; to trill
recoil v. to spring back, shrink
recoil n. the act of springing back
recoup v. to make up for, regain
reek n. a unpleasant smell
reek v. to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression
relentless adj. unyielding, harsh, without pity
rivulet n. a small stream
squander v. to spend foolishly, waste
staccato adj. detached or disconnected in sound or style
staute n. a law
appreciable adj. sufficient to be noticed or measured
autocratic adj. absolute in power or authority
blanch v. to remove the color from; to make or turn ple; to parboil
blasphemy n. an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred
brawny adj. strong, muscular
concerted adj. planned or performed in cooperation with others
contend v. to fight, struggle; to compete; to argue
humane adj. kind, merciful
illustrious adj. very famous, distinguished
intolerable adj. unbearable
irreverent adj. disrespectful
laborious adj. not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking
lithe adj. bending easily, limber
maltreat v. to abuse, use roughly or crudely
ponder v. to consider carefully, reflect on
subversive adj. inteded to undermine or overthrow
subversive n. one who advocates or attempts to undermine a plitical system
synthetic adj. made or put together by peopl
synthetic n. something artificial
temperate adj. mild, moderate
venomous adj. poisonous; spiteful, mean
wily adj. sly, shrewd, cunning
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