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Vocab. #9
Question | Answer |
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abate | to make less in amount |
adulation | praise or flattery that is excessive |
anathema | an object of intense dislike |
astute | shrewd, crafty, practical wisdom |
avarice | a greedy desire, usually for wealth |
culpable | guilty, derving blame |
dilatory | tending to delay or procastinate, to dilly dally |
egregious | conspicuous, standing out from the rest, obvious |
equivocate | deliberately vague or ambiguous |
evanescent | vanishing, light and airy |
irresolute | hesitating; unable to make up one's mind |
nebulous | cloudlike, vague, not obvious, confused |
novice | a beginner at a skill or activity |
penury | extreme poverty |
pretentious | done for show; trying to make a big impression |
recapitulate | to sum up; to review a series of facts |
resuscitate | to revive; to bring back to consciousness |
slovenly | sloppy; untidy, dirty |
supposition | something taken for granted |
torpid | inactive; sluggish; dull |