English Vocab - Unit 10/unit 11 (Brevity Is 1St Word)

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Adept (adj.)

Back 1

1) Thoroughly skilled

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Adept (n.)

Back 2

1) An expert

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Aspire (v.)

Back 3

1) To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly
2) To ascend

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Bleak (adj.)

Back 4

1) Bare, dreary, dismal

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Chide (v.)

Back 5

1) To blame, scold

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Despicable (adj.)

Back 6

1) Worthy of scorn, contemptible

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Diminutive (adj.)

Back 7

1) Small, smaller than most others of the same type

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Emancipate (v.)

Back 8

1) To free from slavery
2) To release or liberate

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Erroneous (adj.)

Back 9

1) Incorrect, containing mistakes

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Exploit (v.)

Back 10

1) To make use of, develop
2) To make improper use of for personal profit

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Exploit (n.)

Back 11

1) A feat, deed

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Extemporaneous (adj.)

Back 12

1) Made or delivered on the spur of the moment

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Impair (v.)

Back 13

1) To make imperfect, damage, harm

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Invincible (adj.)

Back 14

1) Not able to be defeated, unbeatable

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Languid (adj.)

Back 15

1) Drooping
2) Without energy, sluggish

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Mire (n.)

Back 16

1) Mud
2) Wet, swampy ground
3) A tough situation

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Mire (v.)

Back 17

1) To get stuck

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Obstrusive (adj.)

Back 18

1) Forward
2) Undesirably prominent
3) Thrust out

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Preamble (n.)

Back 19

1) An introduction to a speech or piece of writing

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Render (v.)

Back 20

1) To cause to become
2) To perform
3) To deliver officially
4) To process, extract

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Rugged (adj.)

Back 21

1) Rough, irregular
2) Severe, stern
3) Strong
4) Stormy

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Skeptical (adj.)

Back 22

1) Inclined to doubt, slow to accept as true

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Slipshod (adj.)

Back 23

1) Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.
2) Careless, sloppy