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vocab unit 10
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12/06/2005

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