Unit 10 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
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Aspire
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V
- to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; direct one’s hopes or ambition
- to rise up; soar; mount; tower
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Adept
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Adj
-very skilled; proficient; expert
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Bleak
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Adj
- bare, desolate, and often windswept
- cold and piercing; raw
- without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
N
-a European freshwater fish
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Chide
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V
- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach
- to harass, nag; impel
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Despicable
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Adj
-deserving hatred and contempt
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Diminutive
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Adj
-extremely or unusually small
N
- a small thing or person
- a shortened form of a name, typically used informally
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Emancipate
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V
- to free from restraint, influence, or the like
- to terminate paternal control over
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Erroneous
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Adj
- containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
- straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc
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Exploit
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N
-a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act
V
-to use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way
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Extemporaneous
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Adj
-done; spoken, performed, etc without special advance preparation; impromptu
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Impair
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V
-to weaken or damage something; to diminish in ability, value (etc)
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Invincible
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Adj
-incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued
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Languid
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Adj
-lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
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Mire
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N
-a stretch of swampy or bodyguard ground; marsh
V
- to cause to become stuck in mud
- to involve someone or something in (difficult situation); entangle
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Obtrusive
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Adj
-noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way
