| Question | Answer |
| to make less in amount degree to subside become less to deduct/omit | abate |
| praise or excessive flattery | adulation |
| an object of intense dislike a curse or strong denunciation | anathema |
| shrewd crafty showing practical wisdom | astute |
| a greedy desire particularly for wealth | avarice |
| deserving blame worthy of condemnation | culpable |
| tending to delay or procrastinate not prompt intended to delay or postpone | dilatory |
| conspicuous standing out from the mass | egregious |
| to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation to be deliberately vague or ambiguous | equivocate |
| vanishing soon passing away light and airy | evanescent |
| unable to make up ones mind hesitating | irresolute |
| cloudlike cloudy in color vague confused | nebulous |
| beginner | novice |
| extreme poverty barrenness insufficiency | penury |
| done for show striving to make a big impression | pretentious |
| to review a series of facts to sum up | recapitulate |
| to revive bring back to consciousness | resuscitate |
| untidy dirty careless | slovenly |
| something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence | supposition |
| inactive sluggish dull | torpid |
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CADD 2 Honors
