Unit 10
(adj.) thoroughly skilled (n.) an expert adapt and become “good at something”
(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend aspire = soar I aspire to be an actor because I have been inspired by my grandmother who starred in Broadway productions.
(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal bleak = leak = water drops = rain = cloudy= dreary or dismal day bleak = bare
(v.) to blame; scold chide – child = blame/scold the child for telling a lie
(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible despicable = contemptible contempt = disrespect to despise “dis-respectable” behavior
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type diminutive = mini
(v.)to free from slavery; to release or liberate emancipate = liberate = liberty= freedom Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation = to free slaves = free man to participate in life as they should
(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes erroneous = error = incorrect/mistakes
(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (n.) a feat or deed exploitation = of child labor, women (to expose)
(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment Extemporaneous = tiempo (Spanish for time) spur of the moment = spontaneous No “extra time”
(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm impair = repair (to fix – the opposite)
(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable Superman is invincible (except for kryptonite)
(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish languid = lag behind -= sluggish Droopy = cartoon character – without energy
(n.) mud, wet, swampy ground; a tough situation (v.) to get stuck mire = tire = The tire got stuck in the mire.
(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out obtrusive = intrusive = intrude = undesirably forward Intrude upon your personal space – hug from a complete stranger can be obtrusive
(n.) an introduction to a speech or a piece of writing preamble = pre = before = amble = ramble (speech) an INTROduction to a speech
(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract render = to deliver = sender = sends a message (delivers it)
(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong, stormy rugged = rough Brawny paper towel guy = lumberjack = rugged, strong, “rough”
(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true skeptical = a skeptic = one who doubts One who is skeptical might look more closely through his/her spectacles (glasses).
(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc. careless, sloppy slipshod = slapdash = careless - don’t care about the way one looks slipshod = shoddy = of poor quality slipshod = slip = messy dress