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Voca Unit 10-012713
Sadlier- Oxford Vocabulary Unit 10-012713
Word | Definition |
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adept | adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert. |
aspire | (v.) a. to have a great ambition; desire strongly b. to strive toward an end; aim at; To want or wish to become something important. |
bleak | (adj.)Depressing; discouraging; harsh; cold; barren;Without hope or good cheer. |
chide | (V.) to scold; rebuke; reprimand; to blame |
despicable | (Adj.) Worthy only of contempt or scorn; despised; rejected;morally reprehensible. |
diminutive | (Adj.)very small, smaller than most others of the same type. |
emancipate | (v.) to free from slavery; liberate;To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint. |
erroneous | (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes;wrong; mistaken; incorrect. |
exploit | (v.) to make use of (n.) A feat or deed; to make unfair use of; a bold act. |
extemporaneous | (adj.) made or delivered spur of the moment. |
impair | (v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm. |
invincible | (Adj.)not being able to be broken or defeated; incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued. |
languid | (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish. |
mire | (n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation: (v.) to get stuck; Cause to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress. |
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-portray, depict, execute, administer. |
rugged | (adj.) rough and uneven; having a rough irregular surface; something rough, difficult or uneven, |
skeptical | (adj.) inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true; doubting or not really believing what you see or hear. |
slipshod | (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc,; careless, sloppy. |