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adept
(adj) thoroughly skilled;
(n) an expert
aspire
(v) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascent
bleak
(adj) bare, dreary, dismal
chide
(v) to blame, scold
despicable
(adj) worthy of scorn, contemptible
diminutive
(adj) small, smaller than most others of the same type, Talia
emancipate
(v) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
erroneous
(adj) incorrect, containing mistakes
exploit
(v) to make use of develop; to make improper use of for personal profit;
(n) a feat, deed
extemporaneous
(adj) make or delivered on the spur of the moment
impair
(v) to make imperfect, damage, harm
invincible
(adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable
languid
(adj) drooping, without energy, sluggish
mire
(n) mud; wet swampy ground; a tough situation;
(v) to get stuck
obtrusive
(adj) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
preamble
(n) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
render
(v) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process extract
rugged
(adj) rough, irregulare; severe, stern; strong; stormy
skeptical
(adj) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as truce
slipshod
(adj) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy