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English 9 Vocabulary Unit 10

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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ADEPT

  • Masterful, accomplished, proficient
  • Clumsy, unskilled, maladroit
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ADEPT

  • Adjective
  • Thoroughly skilled
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ADEPT

  • Novice

ADEPT

  • Noun
  • An expert

ASPIRE

  • Seek, yearn, aim for, soar
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ASPIRE

  • Verb
  • To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to accend
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BLEAK

  • Grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren
  • Rosy, cheerful, sunny, promising, encouraging

BLEAK

  • Adjective
  • Bare, dreary, dismal

CHIDE

  • Upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise
  • Approve, praise, compliment, pat on the back

CHIDE

  • Verb
  • To blame; scold

DESPICABLE

  • Low, vile, cheap, sordid, detestable
  • Praiseworthy, commendable, meritorious

DESPICABLE

  • Adjective
  • Worthy of scorn, contemptible

DIMINUITIVE

  • Undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
  • Oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous
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DIMINUITIVE

  • Adjective
  • Small, smaller than most others of the same type
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EMANCIPATE

  • Set loose, unchain, unshackle, unfetter
  • Enslave, snare, chain, shackle

EMAMCIPATE

  • Verb
  • To free from slavery; to release or liberate

ERRONEOUS

  • Mistaken, fallacious, all wrong
  • Accurate, correct, exact, unerring

ERRONEOUS

  • Adjective
  • Incorrect, containing mistakes

EXPLOIT

  • Utilize, turn to advantage, misuse

EXPLOIT

  • Verb
  • To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit

EXPLOIT

EXPLOIT

  • Noun
  • A feat, deed

EXTEMPERANEOUS

  • Spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff
  • Planned, rehearsed, prepared
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EXTEMPERANEOUS

  • Adjective
  • Made of delivered on the spur of the moment
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IMPAIR

  • Injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate
  • Improve, strengthen, promote, advance

IMPAIR

  • Verb
  • To make imperfect, damage, harm

INVINCIBLE

  • Unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable
  • Vulnerable, conquerable, surmountable
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INVINCIBLE

  • Adjective
  • Not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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LANGUID

  • Lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic
  • Lively, energetic, vigorous, enlivening
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LANGUID

  • Adjective
  • Drooping; without energy, sluggish
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MIRE

  • Marsh, swamp, bog, slough
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MIRE

  • Noun
  • Mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation
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MIRE

MIRE

  • Verb
  • To get stuck

OBTRUSIVE

  • Brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding
  • Meek, reserved, deferential, recessed

OBTRUSIVE

  • Adjective
  • Forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

PREAMBLE

  • Opening, preface, prologue, preliminary
  • Conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue
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PREAMBLE

  • Noun
  • An introduction to a speech or piece of writing
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RENDER

  • Present, furnish, submit, make, effect

RENDER

  • Verb
  • To cause to become; to preform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

RUGGED

  • Rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough
  • Smooth, flat, soft, mild, tender, delicate
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RUGGED

  • Adjective
  • Rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
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SKEPTICAL

  • Dubious, suspicious, incredulous
  • Believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous

SKEPTICAL

  • Adjective
  • Inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

SLIPSHOD

  • Messy, untidy, slovenly, slapdash, cursory
  • Tidy, neat, orderly, careful, painstaking

SLIPSHOD

  • Adjective
  • Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy