Unit 10 Flashcards
Aspire
To have ambitions hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, to asend
Bleak
Bare dreary dismal
Chide
To blame, scold
Despicable
Worthy, of scorn, contemptible
Diminutive
Small, smaller-than, most other of the same type
Emancipate
Free from slavery, to release or liberate
Erroneous
Incorrect, containing mistakes
Exploit
To make use of, develop; to make improper use of personal profit
A feat, deed
Extemporaneous
Made up or delivered on the spur of the moment
Impair
To make imperfect, damage, harm
Invincible
Not able to be defeated, unbeatable
Languid
Drooping, with out energy, sluggish
Mire
Muddy, wet, swampy, ground; a tough situation
To get stuck
Obtrusive
Forward undesirably prominent, thrust out
Preamble
An introduction to a speech or pierce of writing