Unit 10 vocab

Question 1

adept

Answer 1

adjective, thoroughly skilled

Question 2

chide

Answer 2

verb, to blame or scold

Question 3

emancipate

Answer 3

verb, to free from slavery or liberate

Question 4

extemporaneous

Answer 4

adjective, made or delivered on the spur of the moment

Question 5

languid

Answer 5

adjective, drooping or without energy

Question 6

preamble

Answer 6

noun, introduction to speech or form of writing

Question 7

skeptical

Answer 7

adjective, inclined to doubt

Question 8

aspire

Answer 8

verb, to strive toward

Question 9

despicable

Answer 9

adjective, worthy of scorn or contemptable

Question 10

erroneous

Answer 10

adjective, incorrect or containing mistakes

Question 11

impair

Answer 11

verb, to damage or harm

Question 12

mire

Answer 12

2 parts of speech
noun: mud or wet swampy ground
verb: to get stuck

Question 13

render

Answer 13

verb, to cause, to become, to deliver, to perform officially, or direct

Question 14

slipshod

Answer 14

adjective, untidy or careless, sloppy.

Question 15

bleak

Answer 15

adjective, bare, dreary or dismal.

Question 16

diminutive

Answer 16

adjective, small or smaller of most others of the same type

Question 17

exploit

Answer 17

verb, to make use of

Question 18

invincible

Answer 18

adjective, not able to be defeated

Question 19

obtrusive

Answer 19

adjective, undesirably prominent or thrust out.

Question 20

rugged

Answer 20

adjective, rough, severe, or strong