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| thoroughly skilled | adept (adj.) |
| an expert | adept (n.) |
| to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend | aspire |
| bare, dreary, dismal | bleak |
| to blame, scold | chide |
| worthy of scorn, contemptible | despicable |
| small, smaller than most other of the same type | diminutive |
| 1. to free from slavery; 2. to release or liberate | emancipate |
| incorrect, containing mistakes | erroneous |
| 1. to make use of, develop; 2. to make improper use of for personal profit | exploit (v.) |
| a feat, deed | exploit (n.) |
| made or delivered on the spur of the moment | extemporaneous |
| to make imperfect, damage, harm | impair |
| not able to be defeated, unbeatable | invincible |
| drooping, without energy, sluggish | languid |
| mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation | mire (n.) |
| to get stuck | mire (v.) |
| forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out | obtrusive |
| an introduction to a speech or piece of writing | preamble |
| 1. to cause to become; 2. to perform; 3. to deliver officially; 4. to process, extract | render |
| 1. rough, irregular; 2. severe, stern, strong; 3. stormy | rugged |
| 1. inclined to doubt; 2. slow to accept something as true | skeptical |
| untidy in dress, personal habits | slipshod |