Definitions

Question 1

adept

Answer 1

(adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert

Question 2

aspire

Answer 2

(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

Question 3

bleak

Answer 3

(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

Question 4

chide

Answer 4

(v.) to blame; scold

Question 5

despicable

Answer 5

(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible

Question 6

diminutive

Answer 6

(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type

Question 7

emancipate

Answer 7

(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate

Question 8

erroneous

Answer 8

(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

Question 9

exploit

Answer 9

(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed

Question 10

extemporaneous

Answer 10

(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

Question 11

impair

Answer 11

(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm

Question 12

invincible

Answer 12

(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

Question 13

languid

Answer 13

(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish

Question 14

mire

Answer 14

(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck

Question 15

obtrusive

Answer 15

(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

Question 16

preamble

Answer 16

(n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing

Question 17

render

Answer 17

(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

Question 18

rugged

Answer 18

(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

Question 19

skeptical

Answer 19

(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

Question 20

slipshod

Answer 20

(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy