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Vocabulary Unit 10
English 9 Vocabulary Unit 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj)thoroughly skilled; (n) an expert | adept |
| (v)to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive towawd a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend | aspire |
| (adj)bare, dreary, dismal | bleak |
| (v)to blame, scold | chide |
| (adj)worthy of scorn, contemptible | despicable |
| (adj)small, smaller than most others of the same type | diminutive |
| (v)to free from slavery; to release or liberate | emanicipate |
| (adj)incorrect, containing mistakes | erroneous |
| (v)to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit;(n) a feat, deed | exploit |
| (adj)made or delivered on the spur of the moment | extemporaneous |
| (v) to make imperfect, damage, harm | impair |
| (adj)not able to be defeateed, unbeatable | invincible |
| (adj)drooping; without energy, sluggish | languid |
| (n)mud;wet,swampy ground; a tough situation;(v) to get stuck | mire |
| (adj)forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out | obtrusive |
| (n)an introduction to a speech or piece of writing | preamble |
| (v)to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract | render |
| (adj)rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy | rugged |
| (adj)inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true | skeptical |
| (adj)untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy | slipshod |