Unit 10
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ADEPT
- Thoroughly skilled, an expert.
- Syn - Masterful, proficient.
- Ant - Clumsy, unskilled, maladroit.
- Despite only playing the piano for a month, Amanda was adept at sight reading.
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ASPIRE
- To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend.
- Syn - Yearn, aim for, soar.
- Even from a young age, Michael aspired to be a doctor like his father.
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BLEAK
- Bare, dreary, dismal.
- Syn - Grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren.
- Ant - Rosy, cheerful, sunny, promising, encouraging.
- The house, which once looked cheerful, now was bleak due to years of weathering.
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CHIDE
- To blame, scold.
- Syn - Upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise.
- Ant - Approve, praise, compliment.
- The mother couldn't help but chide her son after she saw his below average grades.
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DIMINUTIVE
- Small, smaller than most of the same type.
- Syn-Undersized, miniature, tiny, compact.
- Ant-Oversized, gigantic, huge.
- The diminutive man tried to yell at the trespassing kids but they wouldn't take him seriously due to his size.
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DESPICABLE
- Worthy of scorn, contemptible.
- Syn - Low, cheap, sordidness, detestable.
- Ant - praiseworthy, commendable, meritorious.
- The killer's actions were despicable.
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EMANCIPATE
- To free from slavery, to release.
- Syn-Set loose, unchain, unfetter.
- Ant-Enslave, snare, chain.
- After years of being stuck at his same dull career, Bill decided to emancipate himself from his job and work as a skydiving instructor.
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ERRONEOUS
- Incorrect, containing mistakes.
- Syn-mistaken, fallacious, all wrong.
- Ant-Accurate, correct, exact, unerring.
- His erroneous statistic made on national television got him bad press for not knowing his facts.
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EXPLOIT
- To make use of, develop, to make improper use of for personal profit.
- Syn-Turn to advantage, misuse.
- Knowing that his neighbor was kind, the man from across exploited him for money.
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
- Made or delivered in the spur of the moment.
- Syn-Spontaneous, off-the-cuff.
- Ant-Planned, prepared, practiced.
- His extemporaneous speech gave the audience a feeling of trust for the speaker.
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IMPAIR
- To make imperfect, damage, harm.
- Syn-Injure, disable, harm, cripple.
- Ant-Improve, strengthen, promote, advance.
- After the car accident, Mike's vision was heavily impaired.
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INVINCIBLE
- Not able to defend, unbeatable.
- Syn-Unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable.
- Ant-Vulnerable, conquer able, surmountable.
- The Sabres have a chance of being invincible with the new lineup.
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LANGUID
- Drooping, without energy, sluggish.
- Syn-Lazy, listless, slack, lethargic.
- Ant-Lively, energetic, vigorous.
- David's lethargic attitude in the office made his boss consider firing him.
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MIRE
- Mud, wet, swampy ground; a tough situation. To get stuck
- Syn-Swamp, big, slough.
- After the great flood of '66, the once dry city of Boomville became one of muck and mire.
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OBRRUSIVE
- Forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out
- Syn-Brash, conspicuous, protruding.
- Ant-Reserved, deferential, recessed.
- His obtrusive attitude and sense of self-importance made his coworkers hate him.
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PREAMBLE
- An introduction to a speech or piece of writing.
- Syn-Opening, prologue, preliminary.
- Ant-Ending, closing, epilogue.
- Obama's preamble to his speech gave the listeners a good idea of what he would talk about afterwards.
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RENDER
- To cause to become, to perform, to deliver officially, to process.
- Syn-Present, furnish, submit, make, effect.
- A broken leg would render the athlete useless.
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RUGGED
- Rough, irregular, severe, stern; strong, stormy.
- Syn-Rock, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough.
- Ant-Smooth, flat, soft, mild, tender, delicate.
- Jake's rugged attitude scared many of the kids in his school away.
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SKEPTICAL
- Inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true.
- Syn-Suspicious, incredulous.
- Ant-Believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous.
- With Dave's constant pattern of lying, it was hard for his friends to believe him most of the time.
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