Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 10 defintions 9th grade Level D
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| Adept | adj. thoroughly skilled n. an expert | ||||
| Aspire | v. to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire 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; 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. 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 |
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Created by:
ahatch
on 2011-11-01