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Unit 9
Vocab Syn.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diminish | abate |
| decrease | abate |
| subside | abate |
| let up | abate |
| adoration | adulation |
| idolization | adulation |
| hero-worship | adulation |
| malediction | anathema |
| imprecation | anathema |
| abomination | anathema |
| shrewd | astute |
| acute | astute |
| sagacious | astute |
| judicious | astute |
| wily | astute |
| cupidity | avarice |
| rapacity | avarice |
| acquisitiveness | avarice |
| guilty | culpable |
| delinquent | culpable |
| peccant | culpable |
| blameworthy | culpable |
| stalling | dilatory |
| slow | dilatory |
| tardy | dilatory |
| laggard | dilatory |
| glaring | egregious |
| flagrant | egregious |
| blatant | egregious |
| to talk out of both sides of one's mouth | equivocate |
| palter | equivocate |
| hedge | equivocate |
| ephemeral | evanescent |
| transient | evanescent |
| transient | evanescent |
| transitory | evanescent |
| indecisive | irresolute |
| vacillating | irresolute |
| wavering | irresolute |
| hazy | nebulous |
| fuzzy | nebulous |
| cloudy | nebulous |
| vague | nebulous |
| murky | nebulous |
| opaque | nebulous |
| indeterminate | nebulous |
| neophyte | novice |
| tyro | novice |
| trainee | novice |
| apprentice | novice |
| destitution | penury |
| want | penury |
| indigence | penury |
| inflated | pretentious |
| ostentatious | pretentious |
| affected | pretentious |
| review | recapitulate |
| summarize | recapitulate |
| sum up | recapitulate |
| go over | recapitulate |
| revitalize | resuscitate |
| reanimate | resuscitate |
| restore | resuscitate |
| reactivate | resuscitate |
| unkempt | slovenly |
| slatternly | slovenly |
| slipshod | slovenly |
| lax | slovenly |
| assumption | supposition |
| presumption | supposition |
| hypothesis | supposition |
| sluggish | torpid |
| lethargic | torpid |
| otiose | torpid |
| languid | torpid |