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adept

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(adj.) thoroughly skilled (n.) an expert

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aspire

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(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

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bleak

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(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

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chide

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(v.) to blame; scold

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despicable

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(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible

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diminutive

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(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type

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emancipate

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(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate

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erroneous

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(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

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exploit

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(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (n.) a feat, deed

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extemporaneous

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delivered on the spur of the moment

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impair

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(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm

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invincible

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(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

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languid

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(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish

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mire

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(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground, a tough situation

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obtrusive

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(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

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preamble

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(n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing

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render

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to perform; to deliver officially; to process; extract

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rugged

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(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

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skeptical

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(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

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slipshod

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(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy