Unit 10 vocab Flashcards

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adept

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adjective, thoroughly skilled

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chide

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verb, to blame or scold

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emancipate

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verb, to free from slavery or liberate

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4
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extemporaneous

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adjective, made or delivered on the spur of the moment

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5
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languid

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adjective, drooping or without energy

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preamble

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noun, introduction to speech or form of writing

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skeptical

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adjective, inclined to doubt

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aspire

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verb, to strive toward

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despicable

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adjective, worthy of scorn or contemptable

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erroneous

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adjective, incorrect or containing mistakes

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impair

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verb, to damage or harm

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mire

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2 parts of speech
noun: mud or wet swampy ground
verb: to get stuck

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render

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verb, to cause, to become, to deliver, to perform officially, or direct

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slipshod

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adjective, untidy or careless, sloppy.

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bleak

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adjective, bare, dreary or dismal.

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diminutive

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adjective, small or smaller of most others of the same type

17
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exploit

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verb, to make use of

18
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invincible

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adjective, not able to be defeated

19
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obtrusive

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adjective, undesirably prominent or thrust out.

20
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rugged

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adjective, rough, severe, or strong