VOCABULARY
UNIT 10A
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2.
3.
4.
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10.
ADEPT
ASPIRE
BLEAK
CHIDE
DESPICABLE
DIMINUTIVE
EMANCIPATE
ERRONEOUS
EXPLOIT
EXTEMPORANEOUS
Unit 10A Vocab Words
V.
TO MAKE USE OF, DEVELOP,
TO MAKE IMPROPER USE OF FOR
PERSONAL PROFIT,
N.
A FEAT, DEED
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SYNONYMS:
V. UTILIZE, MISUSE
exploit
V.
TO BLAME, SCOLD
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SYNONYMS:
CHASTISE, REBUKE
ANTONYMS:
APPROVE, PRAISE
chide
ADJ.
THOROUGHLY SKILLED,
N.
EXPERT
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SYNONYMS:
ADJ. ACCOMPLISHED, N. PROFESSIONAL
ANTONYMS:
ADJ. CLUMSY, UNSKILLED N. NOVICE
adept
ADJ.
SMALLER THAN MOST
OTHERS OF THE SAME TYPE
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SYNONYMS:
UNDERSIZED, MINIATURE, TINY
ANTONYMS
HUGE, ENORMOUS
diminutive
V.
TO FREE FROM SLAVERY,
TO RELEASE OR LIBERATE
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SYNONYMS:
UNCHAIN, UNSHACKLE
ANTONYMS:
ENSLAVE, SNARE
emancipate
ADJ.
BARE, DREARY,
DISMAL
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SYNONYMS:
GRIM, DESOLATE, BARREN
ANTONYMS
ROSY, CHEERFUL
bleak
ADJ.
MADE OR DELIVERED
ON THE SPUR OF THE
MOMENT
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SYNONYMS:
SPONTANEOUS, IMPROMPTU
ANTONYMS:
PLANNED, REHEARSED
extemporaneous
ADJ.
WORTHY OF SCORN,
CONTEMPTIBLE
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SYNONYMS:
LOW, VILE, SORDID
ANTONYMS:
PRAISEWORTHY, COMMENDABLE
despicable
V.
TO HAVE AMBITIOUS
HOPES OR PLANS,
DESIRE EARNESTLY
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SYNONYMS:
SEEK, YEARN, AIM FOR
aspire
ADJ.
INCORRECT,
CONTAINING MISTAKES
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SYNONYMS:
MISTAKEN, FALLACIOUS
ANTONYMS:
ACCURATE, EXACT
erroneous
1. THE STANDUP COMEDIANS’ OUTRAGEOUS ACT INCLUDED ABOUT
20 MINUTES OF COMPLETELY _______ BANTER.
2. THE TEACHER ____ THE STUDENT FOR TRUANCY AND TARDINESS.
3. THE ______ LAPDOG WAS SO SMALL THAT IT ACTUALLY FIT IN ITS
OWNER’S PURSE.
4. URBAN RENEWAL CAN TURN A RUNDOWN CITY WITH ______
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS INTO A FLOURISHING METROPOLIS.
5. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE CAN ______ HUMANITY FROM BLIND
SUPERSTITION.
6. AN EARLY FASCINATION WITH ANTS LED THE YOUNG NATURALIST
TO _______ A CAREER AS AN ENTOMOLOGIST.
SENTENCES
7. NOT ONLY IS THE SOLOIST AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER, BUT HE IS
ALSO ________ AT PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE.
8. A(N) ________ FIRST IMPRESSION IS NOT EASILY CORRECTED.
9. A GOOD DEBATER KNOWS HOW TO ________ WEAKNESSES IN AN
OPPONENT’S ARGUMENT.
10. THE _____ OF ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN ARE SO WELL
KNOWN THAT THEY HAVE BECOME A PART OF WESTERN
CULTURE.
11. WHATEVER THE PROVOCATION, THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION
FOR SUCH ________ BEHAVIOR.
SENTENCES
1. WHY DO YOU TAKE IT ON YOURSELF TO ___ ME WHENEVER
I SAY OR DO ANYTHING EVEN SLIGHTLY OUT OF LINE.
2. THE WELSH MINING VILLAGE, WITH ITS ROWS OF DRAB
COTTAGES, SEEMED TERRIBLY _____ AND UNINVITING IN THE
COLD AUTUMN RAIN.
3. IT IS BETTER TO OPENLY ADMIT IGNORANCE THAN TO GIVE _____
INFORMATION.
4. TO IMPROVE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING, THE PEOPLE OF AN
UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY MUST LEARN TO _____ THE
RESOURCES OF THEIR LAND.
5. THE _____ BUT POWERFUL HALFBACK FROM SYRACUSE WAS ONE
OF THE LIGHTEST MEN EVER TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL.
PRACTICE SENTENCES
6. HOW CAN YOU _____ TO WORK IN THE SPACE PROGRAM
WHEN YOU HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO PASS YOUR
SCIENCE AND MATH COURSES?
7. THE HONOREE’S AFTER-DINNER SPEECH WAS SO
POLISHED AND SURE THAT WE NEVER GUESSED IT WAS
_________.
8. THE MASTER SILVERSMITH WAS EXTRAORDINARILY ______
IN THE USE OF SIMPLE HAND TOOLS.
9. THE SOCIAL WORKER SAID WITH GREAT EMPHASIS THAT
ANYONE WHO WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN ELDERLY
PERSON IS UTTERLY ________.
10. THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD STILL WAITING TO BE _________ FROM THE
BONDS OF GRINDING POVERTY.
PRACTICE SENTENCES