| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abate | Diminish, decrease, subside, let up (Intensify, increase, magnify, wax) |
| Adulation | adoration, idolization, hero-worship (ridicule, derision, scorn, odium) |
| Anathema | malediction, imprecation, abomination (Benediction, blessing) |
| Astute | shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily (obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb) |
| Avarice | cupidity, rapacity, acquistiveness |
| Cupable | guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy (blameless, innocent, laudable, meritious) |
| Dilatory | stalling, slow, tardy, laggard (prompt, punctual, speedu, expeditious) |
| Eregious | glaring, flagrant, blatant (unnoticeable, paltry, piddling) |
| Equivocable | to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge (to speak one's mind plainly) |
| Evanescent | ephemeral, transient, transitory (Everlasting, immortal, imperishable) |
| Irresoulte | indecisive, vacillating, wavering (determined, decisive, unwavering) |
| Nebulous | hazzy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opague, indeterminate (definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused) |
| Novice | Neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice (veteran, past master, pro, expert) |
| Penury | destitution, want, indigence (affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence) |
| Pretentious | inflated, ostentatious, affected (unassuming, unaffected, modest) |
| Recapitulate | review, summarize, sum up, go over |
| Resuscitate | revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactive |
| Slovenly | unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax (neat, tidy, careful, meticulous) |
| Supposition | assumption, presumption, hypothesis |
| Torpid | sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid (energetic, dynamice, vigorous) |
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