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