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Vocab Unit 9

Synonyms and Vocab Definitions

TermDefinition
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
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