| Adept | thoroughly skilled; an expert |
| Aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a Higher goal |
| Bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| Chide | to blame; scold |
| Despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| Diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| Emancipate | to free from slavery, to release or liberate |
| Erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| Exploit | to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit |
| Extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| Impair | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| Invincible | not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| Languid | drooping; without energy, sluggish |
| Mire | mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation |
| Obtrusive | forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
| Preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| Render | to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially |
| Rugged | rough; irregular; severe, stern |
| Skeptical | inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy |