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Sadlier D10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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.) incline to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |