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English 10-1
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adept | thoroughly skilled n an expert s- masterful accomplished, proficient |
| aspire | v to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend s-seek, yearn, aim for, soar |
| bleak | adj bare, dreary, dismal s-grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren |
| chide | v to blame; scold s- upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise |
| despicable | adj worthy of scorn, contemptible s- low vile cheap, sordid, detestable |
| diminutive | adj small, smaller than most others of the small type s-undersized, miniature, tiny, compact |
| emancipate | v to free from slavery; to release or liberate s- set loose, unchain, unshaken, unfetter |
| erroneous | adj incorrect, containing mistakes s-mistaken, fallacious, all wrong |
| exploit | v to make use of, develop, to make improper use of for personal profit n a feat, deed s-utilize, turn to advantage, misuse |
| extemporaneous | adj made or delivered on the spur of the moment s- spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff |
| impair | v to make imperfect, damage, harm s-injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate |
| invincible | adj not able to be defeated, unbeatable s-unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable |
| languid | adj drooping; without energy, sluggish s-lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic |
| mire | n mud;wet,swampy ground; a tough situation v to get stuck s- marsh, swamp, bog, slough |
| obtrusive | adj forward; undesirably prominent; thrust on s- brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding |
| preamble | n an introduction to a speech or piece of writing s-opening, preface, prologue, preliminary |
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