Vocab 10
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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ADEPT
- Thoroughly skilled; an expert
- Synonyms: masterful, accomplished, proficient
- Antonyms: clumsy, unskilled, maladroit, novice
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ASPIRE
- To have ambitious hopes or plans, stride towards a higher goal; to ascend
- Synonyms: seek, yearn, aim for, soar
BLEAK
- Bare, dreary, dismal
- Synonyms: grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren
- Antonyms: rosy, cheerful, sunny, promising, encouraging
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CHIDE
- To blame; scold
- Synonyms: upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise
- Antonyms: approve, praise, compliment, pat on the back
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DESPICABLE
- Worthy of scorn, contemptible
- Synonyms: low, vile, cheap, sordid, detestable
- Antonyms: praiseworthy, commendable, meritorious
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DIMINUTIVE
- Small, smaller than most others of the same type
- Synonyms: undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
- Antonyms: oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous
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EMANCIPATE
- To free from slavery; to release or liberate
- Synonyms: set loose, unchain, unshakable, unfetter
- Antonyms: enslave, snare, chain, shackle
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ERRONEOUS
- Incorrect, containing mistakes
- Synonyms: mistaken, fallacious, all wrong
- Antonyms: accurate, correct, exact, unerring
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EXPLOIT
- To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; a feat, deed
- Synonyms: utilize, turn to advantage, misuse
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
- Made or delivered on the spur of the moment
- Synonyms: spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cut
- Antonyms: planned, rehearsed, prepared
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IMPAIR
- To make imperfect, damage, harm
- Synonyms: injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate
- Antonyms: improve, strengthen, promote, advance
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INVINCIBLE
- Not able to be defeated, unbeatable
- Synonyms: unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable
- Antonyms: vulnerable, conquer able, surmountable
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LANGUID
- Drooping; without energy, sluggish
- Synonyms: lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic
- Antonyms: lively, energetic, vigorous, enlivening
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MIRE
- Mud; wet,swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck
- Synonyms: marsh, swamp, bog, slough
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OBTRUSIVE
- Forward; undesirable prominent; thrust out
- Synonyms: brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding
- Antonyms: conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue
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PREAMBLE
- An introduction to a speech or piece of writing
- Synonyms: opening, preface, prologue, preliminary
- Antonyms: conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue
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RENDER
- To cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
- Synonyms: present furnish, submit, make, effect
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RUGGED
- Rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong, stormy
- Synonyms: rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough
- Antonyms: smooth, flat, soft, mild, tender, delicate
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SKEPTICAL
- Inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
- Synonyms: dubious, suspicious, incredulous
- Antonyms: believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous
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SLIPSHOd
- Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy
- Synonyms: messy, untidy, slovenly, slapdash, cursory
- Antonyms: tidy, neat, orderly, careful, painstaking
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