Unit 10 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
Aspire
V
- to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; direct one’s hopes or ambition
- to rise up; soar; mount; tower
Adept
Adj
-very skilled; proficient; expert
Bleak
Adj
- bare, desolate, and often windswept
- cold and piercing; raw
- without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
N
-a European freshwater fish
Chide
V
- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach
- to harass, nag; impel
Despicable
Adj
-deserving hatred and contempt
Diminutive
Adj
-extremely or unusually small
N
- a small thing or person
- a shortened form of a name, typically used informally
Emancipate
V
- to free from restraint, influence, or the like
- to terminate paternal control over
Erroneous
Adj
- containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
- straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc
Exploit
N
-a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act
V
-to use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way
Extemporaneous
Adj
-done; spoken, performed, etc without special advance preparation; impromptu
Impair
V
-to weaken or damage something; to diminish in ability, value (etc)
Invincible
Adj
-incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued
Languid
Adj
-lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
Mire
N
-a stretch of swampy or bodyguard ground; marsh
V
- to cause to become stuck in mud
- to involve someone or something in (difficult situation); entangle
Obtrusive
Adj
-noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way
Preamble
N
-an introductory statement; preface; introduction
Render
V
- to cause to be or become; make
- to do; perform
- to provide or give (a service, help, etc)
- to submit or present for consideration or inspection
- to deliver (a verdict or judgement)
- to represent ;depict
Rugged
Adj
- (of ground or terrain) having a broken, rocky, and jagged surface
- (of face or looks) having attractive strong rough-hewn features
- full of hardship and trouble; severe; hard
- roughly irregular, heavy, or hard in outline or form; craggy
Skeptical
Adj
-not easily convinced; heavily doubt
Slipshod
Adj
- careless, untidy, or slovenly
- lack of care, thought, or organization