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F9 definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abate (decrease) | to make less in amount, degree, etc |
| adulation (adoration) | praise or flattery that is excessive |
| anathema (abomination) | an object intense dislike |
| astute (shrewd) | shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
| avarice (rapacity) | a greedy desire |
| culpable (guilty) | deserving blame |
| dilatory (stalling) | tending to delay or procrastinate |
| egregious (glaring) | conspicuous, standing out from the mass |
| equivocate (to talk out of both sides of one's mouth) | to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation |
| evanescent (ephemeral) | vanishing |
| irresolute | unable to make up one's mind |
| nebulous (cloudy) | cloudlike |
| novice (trainee) | one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
| penury (insufficiency) | extreme poverty |
| pretentious (inflated) | done for show |
| recapitulate (review) | to review a series of fcats |
| resuscitate (restrore) | to revive |
| slovenly (unkempt) | untidy |
| supposition (assumption) | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
| torpid (sluggish) | inactive |
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