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RHHS - Vocab D
Unit 10
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English
9th Grade
10/22/2010

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Adept
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(adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert
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Aspire
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(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
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Bleak
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(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal
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Chide
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(v.) to blame; scold
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Despicable
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(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible
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Diminutive
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(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
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Emancipate
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(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
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Erroneous
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(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes
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Exploit
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(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed
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Extemporaneous
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(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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Impair
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(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm
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Invincible
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(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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Languid
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(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
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Mire
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(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck
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Obtrusive
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(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
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Preamble
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(n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
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Render
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(v.) to cause to become; to performed; to deliver officially; to process, extract
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Rugged
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(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
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Skeptical
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(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
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Slipshod
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(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy
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