ADEPT

• Thoroughly skilled
• Syn: Masterful, proficient
• Ant: Clumsy, novice
• In order to be a professional, you must be adept.

ASPIRE

• To have ambition
• Syn: yearn, aim for
• I aspire to play certain songs on the piano, more than others.

BLEAK

• Bare, dreary
• Syn: grim, cheerless
• Ant: rosy, cheerful
• A makeover can take your from being dreary to cheerful.

CHIDE

• To blame, scold
• Syn: upbraid, reprimand, rebuke
• Ant: approve, praise
• The player was chided by the coach for not bunting when told.

DESPICABLE

• Worthy of scorn, contemptible
• Syn: low, cheap
• Ant: praiseworthy, commendable
• If you aren't fond of somebody, you may think of them as despicable.

DIMINUATIVE

• Small, smaller than most.
• Syn: undersized, tiny
• Ant: oversized, gigantic
• A lumberjack is the opposite of diminutive.

EMANCIPATE

• To free from slavery, to release or liberate
• Syn: set loose, unchain
• Ant: accurate, correct
• Harriet Tubman helped emancipate slaves

ERRONEOUS

• Incorrect, containing mistakes
• Syn: mistaken, fallacious
• Ant: accurate, correct, exact
• Most of his answers were erroneous; therefore he failed the test.

EXPLOIT

• To make use of, develop
• Syn: turn to advantage, misuse
• If somebody trusts you, do not exploit it.

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