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5th.Csancehz
sadlier vocabulary review
| terms | definition |
|---|---|
| adept | `clumsy,unskilled,maladroit |
| aspire | yearn, aim for, socar |
| bleak | rosy cheerful sunny promising |
| chide | approved praise compliment |
| despicable | praiseworthy commendable |
| diminutive | oversized gigantic huge enormous |
| emancipate | snare chain shackle |
| erroneous | accurate correct exact unerring |
| exploit | a feat deed |
| extemporaneous | planned prepared practiced |
| impair | improve strengthen promote |
| invincible | vulnerable conquerable |
| languid | lively energetic vigorous enlivening |
| mire | to get stuck |
| rugged | rough, irregular; severe, stern, strong, stormy |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | to cause to become; to perform, deliver officially, process, extract |
| slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |
| obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent; thrust out |
| skeptical | inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| concise | expressing much in a few words |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| recoil | to spring back, shrink |
| proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| demure | sober or serious in manner, modest |
| recoup | to make up for, regain |
| quaver | to shake, tremble; to trill |
| squander | to spend foolishly, waste |
| reek | to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression |
| brevity | shortness |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| depreciation | a lessening in value; a belittling |
| enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
| relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
| statute | a law |
| appreciable | sufficient to be noticed or measured |
| maltreat | to abuse, use roughly or crudely |
| synthetic |