Vocabulary Workshop - Level D - Unit 10

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(adj.) throughly skilled;
(n.) an expert

S: (adj.) masterful, accomplished, proficient
A: (adj.) clumsy, unskilled, maladroit; (n.) novice

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adept

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

S: seek, yearn, aim for, soar

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aspire

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(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

S: grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren
A: rosy, cheerful, sunny, promising, encouraging

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bleak

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(v.) to blame, scold

S: unbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise
A: approve, praise, compliment, pat on the back

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chide

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(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible

S: undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
A: oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous

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despicable

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

S: undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
A: oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous

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diminutive

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

S: set loose, unchain, unshackle, unfetter
A: enslave, snare, chain, shackle

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emancipate

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(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

S: mistaken, fallacious, all wrong
A: accurate, correct, exact, unerring

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erroneous

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

S: (v.) utilize, turn to advantage, misuse

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exploit

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(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

S: spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff
A: planned, rehearsed, prepared

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extemporaneous

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(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm

S: injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate
A: improve, strengthen, promote, advance

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impair

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(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

S: unconquerable, indominable, insuperable
A: vulnerable, conquerable, surmountable

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invincible

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(adj.) drooping, without energy, sluggish

S: lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic
A: lively energetic, vigerous, enlivening

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languid

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(n.) mud;
wet, swampy ground; a tough situation;
(v.) to get stuck

S: (n.) marsh, swamp, bog, slough

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mire

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(adj.) forward;
undesirably prominent; thrust out

S: brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding
A: meek, reserved, deferential, recessed

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obtrusive

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

S: opening, preface, prologue, preliminary
A: conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue

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preamble

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(v.) to cause to become;
to perform; to deliver officially;
to process, extract

S: present, furnish, submit, make, effect

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render

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

S: rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough
A: smooth, flat, soft, mild, tender, delicate

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rugged

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

S: dubious, suspicious, incredulous
A: believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous

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skeptical

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

S: messy, untidy, slovenly, slapdash, cursory
A: tidy, neat, orderly, careful, painstaking

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slipshod