Vocabulary Unit 10 Word list

 

  1. adept: (adj) thoroughly skilled.

 

  1. aspire: (v) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive for a higher goal.

 

  1. bleak: (adj) bare, dreary, dismal

 

  1. chide: (v) to blame; scold

 

  1. despicable: (adj) worthy of scorn, contemptible.

 

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

 

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

 

  1. erroneous: (adj) incorrect, containing mistakes.

 

  1. exploit: (v) to make use of, develop; to make improper use for personal profit.

 

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

 

  1. impair: (v) to make imperfect, damage, harm

 

  1. invincible: (adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable.

 

  1. languid: (adj) drooping; without energy, sluggish

 

  1. mire: (adj) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation.

 

  1. obtrusive: (adj) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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