English

adept

thoroughly skilled, an expert

syn: masterful, accomplished, proficient

aspire

(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward to higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

syn: seel, yearn, aim for, soar

bleak

(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

syn: grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren

chide

to blame; scold

syn: upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise

despicable

(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible

syn: low, vile, cheap, sordid, detestable

diminutive

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

syn: undersized, miniature, tiny, compact

emancipate

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

syn: set loose, unchain, unshackle, unfetter

erroneous

(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

syn: mistaken, fallacious, all wrong

exploit

(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed

syn: (v.) utilize, turn to advantage, misuse

Extemporaneous

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

syn: spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff

impair

(v) to make imperfect, damage, harm

syn: injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate

invincible

(adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

syn: unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable

languid

(adj) drooping, without energy, sluggish

syn: lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic

mire

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

syn: (n) marsh, swamp, bog, slough

obtrusive

(adj) forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out

syn: brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding

preamble

An introduction to a speech or piece of writing

syn: opening, preface, prologue, preliminary 

render

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

syn: present, furnish, submit

rugged

(adj) rough, irregularly severe, stern, strong, stormy

syn: rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy tough

skeptical

(adj) Inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true

syn: dubious, suspicious, incredulous

slipshod

(adj) untidy in dress, personal habits, careless, sloppy

syn: messy, untidy, slovenly, slapdash, cursor