1. English I Honors
Vocabulary 10

2. Adept
(adj.) thoroughly skilled

3. Aspire
(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans

4. Bleak
(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

5. Chide
(v.) to blame; scold

6. Despicable
(adj.) worthy of scorn

7. Diminutive
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type

8. Emancipate
(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate

9. Erroneous
(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

10. Exploit
(v.) to make use of, develop

11. Extemporaneous
(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

12. Impair
(v.) to make imperfect, damage

13. Invincible
(adj.) not able to be defeated

14. Languid
(adj.) drooping; without energy

15. Mire
(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground

16. Obtrusive
(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent

17. Preamble
(n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing

18. Render
(v.) to cause to perform; to deliver officially

19. Rugged
(adj.) rough, irregular, severe

20. Skeptical
(adj.) inclined to doubt

21. Slipshod
(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.