Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 10 (Level D)

Set: Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 10 (Level D)

Familiarize		Learn		Test
Play Scatter			Play Space Race

	Term	Definition
	adept	thorougly skilled; an expert
	aspire	to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
	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; a feat, deed
	extemporaneous	made or delivered on the spur of the moment
	impair	to make imperfect; to damage; to harm
	invincible	not able to be defeated, unbeatable
	languid	drooping; without energy, sluggish
	mire	mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck
	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; to process, extract
	rugged	rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
	skeptical	inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
	slipshod	untidy in dress or personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy