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Vocab Unit 9
Synonyms and Vocab Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Abate | To make less in amount, degree, etc,; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit Synonyms: diminish, decrease, subside, let-up |
Adulation | Praise or flattery that is excessive Synonyms: adoration, idolization, hero-worship |
Anathema | An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation Synonyms: malediction, imprecation, abomination |
Astute | Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom Synonyms: acute, sagacious, judicious, wily |
Avarice | A greedy desire, particularly for wealth Synonyms: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness |
Culpable | Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation Synonyms: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy |
Dillatory | Tending to delay or procastinate; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone Synonyms: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard |
Egregious | Conspicuous, standing out from the mass Synonyms: glaring, flagrant, blatant |
Equivocate | To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous Synonyms: to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge |
Evanescent | Vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy Synonyms: ephemeral, transient, transitory |
Irresolute | Unable to make up one's mind, hesitating Synonyms: indecisive, vacillating, wavering |
Nebulous | cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct Synonyms: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, opaque, indeterminate |
Novice | One who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience Synonyms: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice |
Penury | Extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiensy Synonyms: destitution, indigence |
Pretentious | Done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; ambitious Synonyms: ostentatious, inflated |
Recapitulate | To review a series of facts; to sum up Synonyms: review, summarize, go over |
Resuscitate | To revive, bring back to consciousness or existance Synonyms: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate |
Slovenly | Untidy, dirty, careless Synonyms: unkempt, slatternly |
Supposition | Something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence Synonyms: assumption, presumption, hypothesis |
Torpid | Inactive, sluggish, dull Synonyms: lethargic, languid |