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Vocab Unit 10 9 D D
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 10 defintions 9th grade Level D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | adj. untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |