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vocab unit 10
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8th Grade
03/01/2009
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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.) strive toward a higher goal
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bleak
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adj. bare dreary
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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
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emancipate
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vto free from slavery
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erroneous
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adj.incorrect
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exploit
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(v.) to make use of,
(n.) a 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 damage
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invincible
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(adj.) not able to be defeated
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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
v.to get stuck
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obtrusive
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(adj.) forward
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preamble
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n.an intro to a speech
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render
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v. to submit
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rugged
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adj.rough
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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.)careless, sloppy
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