| A | B |
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| adept | (adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert |
| aspire | (v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, desire earnestly |
| 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 |
| emancipate | (v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
| erroneous | (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes |
| exploit | (v.) to make use of, develop; (n.) a feat, deed |
| extemporaneous | (adj.) made 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 (v.) to get stuck |
| obtrusive | (adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; protruding |
| preamble | (n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | (v.) to cause to become; to perform; to process, extract |
| rugged | (adj.) rough, irregular; sever, stern |
| skeptical | (adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true; suspicious |
| slipshod | (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy |
