Vocab Unit 10 Flashcards
Aspire
V. To have ambitious hopes or plans
Adept
Thoroughly skilled
Bleak
Adj. bare, dreary
Chide
V. To blame; scold
Despicable
Adj. worthy of worthlessness
Diminutive
Adj. small, smaller than most others
Emancipate
V. Free from slavery
Erroneous
Adj. incorrect, containing mistakes
Exploit
v. To make use of, develop
n. A feat, deed
Extemporaneous
Adj. made or delivered on spur of the moment
Impair
V. To make imperfect
Invincible
Adj. not able to be defeated
Languid
Adj. drooping; without energy
Mire
N. Mud; wed
Obtrusive
Adj. forward; undesirably prominent
Preamble
N. A introduction to a speech of writing
Render
V. To cause to become; to perform
Rugged
Adj. rough, irregular
Skeptical
Adj. inclined to doubt; slow to accept as true
Slipshod
Adj. untidy in dress, personal habits