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Vocab. Lev. D
Unit 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adept | (adj.) thoroughly skilled |
| adept | (n.) an expert |
| aspire | strive toward a goal |
| bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| chide | to blame, scold |
| despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| diminutive | smaller than most others |
| emancipate | free from slavery, to release or liberate |
| erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| exploit | to make use of, to develop, to make improper use of for personal profit or a feat or deed |
| extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| impair | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| invincible | not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| languid | drooping, without energy, sluggish |
| mire | mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation or to get stuck |
| obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out |
| preamble | an introdution to a speech |
| render | to cause or become, to deliver officially, to process or extract |
| rugged | very rough, irregular, severe, stern, strong |
| skeptical | inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true |
| slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, careless |