Week 2 Vocab 10th Honors Literature

Impair (v)

to make imperfect, damage, harm

Invincible (adj)

not able to be defeated, unbeatable

Languid (adj)

(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish

Mire (n) and V

(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck

obtrusive (adj)

(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

Preamble (n)

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

Render (v)

(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

Rugged (adj)

(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

Skeptical (adj)

(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

Slipshod (adj)

(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy