| adept | thoroughly skilled; an expert |
| aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans |
| bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| chide | to blame; scold |
| despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most others |
| emancipate | to free from slavery |
| erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| exploit | to make use of; a feat or deed |
| extemporaneous | maade 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 |
| mire | mud; wet, swampy ground; to get stuck |
| obtrusive | forward; undesirably prominent |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | to cause to become; to perform |
| rugged | rough, irregular; severe, stern |
| skeptical | inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| slipshod | untidy in dress, careless, sloppy |