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Unit 9 Vocab-Ferg
Unit 9 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Novice | One who is a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experiance |
| Penury | Extreme poverty, in suffering |
| Recapitulate | To repeat briefly, summerize |
| Resuscitate | To revive, bring back to consciousness or existance |
| Slovenly | Untidy, dirty, careless |
| Supposition | Something that is assumed, taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
| Succinct | Expressed briefly and clearly; lacking in fullness or cut |
| Torpid | Sluggish, dull, inactive |
| Equivocate | To speak or act in a way that allows more than one interpretation; deliberately vague |
| Pretentious | Done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious |
| Abate | To make less in amount, to nullify |
| Adulation | Praise or flattery that's excessive |
| Anathema | Object of intense dislike; a curse |
| Astute | Clever or shy, shrewd |
| Avarice | Greedy desire for wealth |
| Culpable | Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
| Dilatory | Not on time, not prompt, tending to delay |
| Egregious | Very noticeable, standing out from the mars |
| Evanescent | Vanishing; soon passing away; light and airy |
| Irresolute | Unable to make up a mind; hesitating |
| Modicum | Small or moderate amount |
| Nebulous | Cloud like, vague |