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| adept (adj.) | thoroughly skilled |
| adept (n.) | an expert |
| aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend |
| bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| chide | to blame, scold |
| despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most other of the same type |
| emancipate | 1. to free from slavery; 2. to release or liberate |
| erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| exploit (v.) | 1. to make use of, develop; 2. to make improper use of for personal profit |
| exploit (n.) | 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 (n.) | mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation |
| mire (v.) | to get stuck |
| obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | 1. to cause to become; 2. to perform; 3. to deliver officially; 4. to process, extract |
| rugged | 1. rough, irregular; 2. severe, stern, strong; 3. stormy |
| skeptical | 1. inclined to doubt; 2. slow to accept something as true |
| slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits |