Unit 10 Flashcards

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To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly

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Aspire

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Thoroughly skilled

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Adept

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Bear, jury, dismissal

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Bleak

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To blame or scold

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Chide

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Worthy of scorn

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Despicable

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Diminutive

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Small, smaller than most others of the same type

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Emancipate

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To release from slavery

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Erroneous

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Incorrect

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Exploit

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To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit

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Extemporaneous

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Made or delivered on the spur of the moment

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Impair

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To make imperfect

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Invincible

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Not able to be defeated

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Languid

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Drooping

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Mire

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Mud

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Obtrusive

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Forward

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Preamble

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An intro to a speech

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Render

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To cause to become

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Rugged

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Rough, irregular

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Skeptical

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Inclined to doubt

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Slipshod

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Untidy in dress