Flashcards in Unit 10D Deck (20):
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adept
thoroughly skilled, masterful; proficient
an expert
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aspire
to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal; to ascend, aim for
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bleak
bare, dreary, dismal, desolate
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chide
to blame; scold
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despicable
worthy of scorn, contemptible; sordid, detestable
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diminutive
small, smaller than most others of the same type; undersize, miniature
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emancipate
to free from slavery; to release or liberate
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erroneous
incorrect, containing mistakes; fallacious
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exploit
to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit, to turn to advantage
a feat, deed
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extemporaneous
made or delivered on the spur of the moment; spontaneous
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impair
to make imperfect, damage, harm; enervate
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invincible
not able to be defeated, unbeatable; indomitable, insuperable
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languid
drooping; without energy, sluggish, lethargic
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mire
mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation
to get stuck
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obtrusive
forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out; conspicuous, brash
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preamble
an introduction to a speech or piece of writing, prologue
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render
to class to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
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rugged
rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
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skeptical
inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true, incredulous
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