Vocab Unit 10 Flashcards by Mark IPLIER | Brainscape

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Aspire

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V. To have ambitious hopes or plans

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Adept

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Thoroughly skilled

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Bleak

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Adj. bare, dreary

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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 worthlessness

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Diminutive

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Adj. small, smaller than most others

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Emancipate

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V. Free from slavery

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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

n. A feat, deed

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Extemporaneous

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Adj. made or delivered on spur of the moment

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Impair

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V. To make imperfect

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Invincible

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Adj. not able to be defeated

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Languid

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Adj. drooping; without energy

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Mire

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N. Mud; wed

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Obtrusive

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Adj. forward; undesirably prominent

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Preamble

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N. A introduction to a speech of writing

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Render

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V. To cause to become; to perform

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Rugged

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Adj. rough, irregular

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Skeptical

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Adj. inclined to doubt; slow to accept as true

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Slipshod

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Adj. untidy in dress, personal habits