| Term | Definition |
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adept |
thoroughly skilled; an expert |
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aspire |
to have ambitious hopes and plans, strive toward a higher goal |
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bleak |
bare, dreary, dismal |
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chide |
to blame; scold |
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despicable |
worthy of scorn, contemptible |
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diminutive |
small; smaller than most others of the same type |
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emancipate |
to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
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erroneous |
incorrect; containing mistakes |
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exploit |
to make sense of; develop; make profit from improper use |
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extemporaneous |
made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
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impair |
to make imperfect, damage, harm |
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invincible |
not able to be defeated; unbeatable |
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languid |
drooping; without energy, sluggish |
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mire |
mud, wet, swampy ground; a tough situation |
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obtrusive |
forward, undesirably prominent, in the way, thrust out |
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preamble |
introduction to a piece of writing |
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render |
to cause or become; to perform; to process or extract |
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rugged |
rough, irregular; severe, strong; stormy |
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skeptical |
inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
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slipshod |
untidy in dress or personal habits; slipshod |