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ASPIRE
(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
aspire = soar I aspire to be an actor because I have
been inspired by my grandmother who starred in Broadway productions.
BLEAK
(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal
bleak = leak = water drops = rain = cloudy= dreary or dismal day
bleak = bare
DESPICABLE
(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible despicable = contemptible contempt = disrespect
to despise “dis-respectable” behavior
EMANCIPATE
(v.)to free from slavery; to release or liberate
emancipate = liberate = liberty= freedom
Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation = to free slaves = free man to participate in life as they should
EXPLOIT
(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (n.) a feat or deed
exploitation = of child labor, women (to expose)
EXTEMPORANEOUS
(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment
Extemporaneous = tiempo (Spanish for time) spur of the moment = spontaneous
No “extra time”
INVINCIBLE
(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable
Superman is invincible (except for kryptonite)
LANGUID
(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish
languid = lag behind -= sluggish Droopy = cartoon character – without
energy
MIRE
(n.) mud, wet, swampy ground; a tough situation
(v.) to get stuck mire = tire = The tire got stuck in the
mire.
OBTRUSIVE
(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
obtrusive = intrusive = intrude = undesirably forward
Intrude upon your personal space – hug from a complete stranger can be obtrusive
PREAMBLE
(n.) an introduction to a speech or a piece of writing
preamble = pre = before = amble = ramble (speech) an INTROduction to a speech
RENDER
(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
render = to deliver = sender = sends a message (delivers it)
RUGGED
(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong, stormy
rugged = rough Brawny paper towel guy = lumberjack
= rugged, strong, “rough”
SKEPTICAL
(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
skeptical = a skeptic = one who doubts One who is skeptical might look more
closely through his/her spectacles (glasses).