Unit 10D

Question 0

aspire

Answer 0

to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal; to ascend, aim for

Question 1

adept

Answer 1

thoroughly skilled, masterful; proficient

an expert

Question 2

bleak

Answer 2

bare, dreary, dismal, desolate

Question 3

chide

Answer 3

to blame; scold

Question 4

despicable

Answer 4

worthy of scorn, contemptible; sordid, detestable

Question 5

diminutive

Answer 5

small, smaller than most others of the same type; undersize, miniature

Question 6

emancipate

Answer 6

to free from slavery; to release or liberate

Question 7

erroneous

Answer 7

incorrect, containing mistakes; fallacious

Question 8

exploit

Answer 8

to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit, to turn to advantage

a feat, deed

Question 9

extemporaneous

Answer 9

made or delivered on the spur of the moment; spontaneous

Question 10

impair

Answer 10

to make imperfect, damage, harm; enervate

Question 11

invincible

Answer 11

not able to be defeated, unbeatable; indomitable, insuperable

Question 12

languid

Answer 12

drooping; without energy, sluggish, lethargic

Question 13

mire

Answer 13

mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation

to get stuck

Question 14

obtrusive

Answer 14

forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out; conspicuous, brash

Question 15

preamble

Answer 15

an introduction to a speech or piece of writing, prologue

Question 16

render

Answer 16

to class to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

Question 17

rugged

Answer 17

rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

Question 18

skeptical

Answer 18

inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true, incredulous

Question 19

slipshod

Answer 19

untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy; cursory