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Adept
- (adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert
- SYN: (adj.) masterful, accomplished, proficient
- ANT: (adj.) clumsy, unskilled, maladroit; (n.) novice
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Aspire
- (v.) to have ambitious hopse or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
- SYN: seek, yearn, aim for, soar
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Bleak
- (adj.) bare, dreary, dismal
- SYN: grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren
- ANT: rosy, cheerful, sunny, promising, encouraging
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Chide
- (v.) to blame; scold
- SYN: upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise
- ANT: approve, praise, compliment, pat on the back
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Despicable
- (adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible
- SYN: low, vile, cheap, sordid, detestable
- ANT: praiseworthy, commendable, meritorious
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Diminutive
- (adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
- SYN: undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
- ANT: oversized, gigantic, huge, enormous
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Emancipate
- (v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
- SYN: set loose, unchain, unshackle, unfetter
- ANT: enslave, snare, chain, shackle
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Erroneous
- (adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes
- SYN: mistaken, fallacious, all wrong
- ANT: accurate, correct, correct, exact, unerring
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Exploit
- (v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed
- SYN: (v.) utilize, turn to advantage, misuse
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Extemporaneous
- (adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment
- SYN: spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff
- ANT: planned, rehearsed, prepared
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Impair
- (v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm
- SYN: injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate
- ANT: improve, strengthen, promote, advance
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Invincible
- (adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable
- SYN unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable
- ANT: vulnerable, conquerable, surmountable
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Languid
- (adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
- SYN: lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic
- ANT: lively, energetic, vigorous, enlivening
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Mire
- (n.) mud; wet, swampy ground, a tough situation; (v.) to get stuck
- SYN: (n.) marsh, swamp, bog, slough
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Obtrusive
- (adj.) forward, undesirably prominent, trust out
- SYN: brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding
- ANT: meek, reserved, deferential, recessed
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Preamble
- (n.) an introduction to a speech or pice of writing
- SYN: opening, preface, prologue, preliminary
- ANT: conclusion, ending, closing, epilogue
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Render
- (v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
- SYN: present, furnish, submit, make, effect
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Rugged
- (adj.) rough, irregularly severe, stern; strong; stormy
- SYN: rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough
- ANT: smooth, flat, soft, mild, tender, delicate
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Skeptical
- (adj.) inclined to dount; slow to accept something as true
- SYN: dubious, suspicious, incredulous
- ANT: believing, credulous, gullible, ingenuous
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Slipshod
- (adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy
- SYN: messy, untidy, slovenly. slapdash, cursory
- ANT: tidy, neat, orderly, careful, painstaking
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