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Adept |
thoroughly skilled; an expert |
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Aspire |
to have ambitious hopes or 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 use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit |
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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; thrust out |
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Preamble |
an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
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Render |
to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially |
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Rugged |
rough; irregular; severe, stern |
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Skeptical |
inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
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Slipshod |
untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy |