Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 10-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adept | (adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert |
| Aspire | (v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend |
| Bleak | (adj.) bare, dreary, dismal |
| Chide | (v.) to blame; scold |
| Despicable | (adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| Diminutive | (adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| Emancipate | (v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
| Erroneous | (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes |
| Exploit | (v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed |
| Extemporaneous | (adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| Impair | (v.) to mak imperfect, damage, harm |
| Invincible | (adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| Languid | (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish |
| Mire | (n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck |
| Obtrusive | (adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
| Preamble | (n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| Render | (v.) to cause to become; to performed; to deliver officially; to process, extract |
| Rugged | (adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy |
| Skeptical | (adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |
| brevity | (n.) shortness |
| comport | (v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| concise | (adj.) expressing much in a few words |
| demure | (adj.) sober or serious in manner, modest |
| depreciation | (n.) a lessening in value; a belittling |
| deteriorate | (v.) to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| divulge | (v.) to tell, reveal; to make public |
| enlightened | (adj.) free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
| forestall | (v.) to prevent by acting first |
| garble | (v.) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| proponent | (n.) one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| quaver | (v.) to shake, tremble; to trill |
| recoil | (v.) to spring back, shrink; (n.) the act of springing back |
| recoup | (v.) to make up for, regain |
| reek | (n.) an unpleasant smell; (v.) to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression |
| relentless | (adj.) unyielding, harsh, without pity |
| rivulet | (n.) a small stream |
| squander | (v.) to spend foolishly, waste |
| staccato | (adj.) detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| statute | (n.) a law |
| appreciable | (adj.) sufficient to be noticed or measured |
| autocratic | (adj.) absolute in power or authority |
| blanch | (v.) to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil |
| blasphemy | (n.) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred |
| brawny | (adj.) strong, muscular |
| concerted | (adj.) planned or performed in cooperation with others |
| contend | (v.) to fight, struggle; to compete, argue |
| humane | (adj.) kind, merciful |
| illustrious | (adj.) very famous, distinguished |
| intolerable | (adj.) unbearable |
| irreverent | (adj.) disrespectful |
| laborious | (adj.) not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking |
| lithe | (adj.) bending easily, limber |
| maltreat | (v.) to abuse, use roughly or crudely |
| ponder | (v.) to consider carefully, reflect on |
| subversive | (adj.) intended to undermine or overthrow (n.) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system |
| synthetic | (adj.) made or put together by people (n.) something artificial |
| temperate | (adj.) mild, moderate |
| venomous | (adj.) poisonous; spiteful, mean |
| wily | (adj.) sly, shrewd, cunning |
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