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Sadlier- Oxford Vocabulary Unit 10-012713

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adept      adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert.  
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aspire     (v.) a. to have a great ambition; desire strongly b. to strive toward an end; aim at; To want or wish to become something important.  
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bleak      (adj.)Depressing; discouraging; harsh; cold; barren;Without hope or good cheer.  
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chide   (V.) to scold; rebuke; reprimand; to blame  
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despicable      (Adj.) Worthy only of contempt or scorn; despised; rejected;morally reprehensible.  
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diminutive   (Adj.)very small, smaller than most others of the same type.  
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emancipate      (v.) to free from slavery; liberate;To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint.  
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erroneous      (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes;wrong; mistaken; incorrect.  
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exploit      (v.) to make use of (n.) A feat or deed; to make unfair use of; a bold act.  
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extemporaneous          (adj.) made or delivered spur of the moment.  
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impair     (v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm.  
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invincible     (Adj.)not being able to be broken or defeated; incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued.  
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languid     (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish.  
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mire     (n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation: (v.) to get stuck; Cause to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress.  
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obtrusive      (adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out.  
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preamble      (n.)an introduction to a speech or piece of writing.  
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render      (v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract-portray, depict, execute, administer.  
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rugged      (adj.) rough and uneven; having a rough irregular surface; something rough, difficult or uneven,  
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skeptical      (adj.) inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true; doubting or not really believing what you see or hear.  
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slipshod      (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc,; careless, sloppy.  
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