English vocab Level f Unit 9
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abate | to reduce in amount,degree,to lessen, or diminish |
| adulation | excessive admiration,flattery |
| anathema | a person or thing that is loathed, something horrible |
| astute | clever,cunning |
| avarice | a desire or greed |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| dilatory | a terrible mistake |
| egregious | Outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal |
| equivocate | to be unclear to avoid commitment, or in order to mislead |
| evanescent | tending to vanish, not lasting |
| irresolute | hesitating, unable to make a desicion |
| nebulous | cloudlike,cloudy,confusing |
| novice | beginner |
| penury | extremely poor |
| pretentious | tending to impress |
| recapitulate | to review,sum up |
| resuscitate | to revive from death or unconciousnness |
| slovenly | not put together,untidy,careless |
| supposition | something that is assumed or taken for granted |
| torpid | inactive,sluggish,dull |
| modicum | a small quantity of a particular thing |
| succient | briefly and clearly expressed |
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