Vocab Unit 9 Synonyms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 (s) abate | (s) diminish, decrease, subside, let up |
| (s) adulation | (s) adoraton, idolization, hero-worship |
| (s) anathema | (s) malediction, imprecation, abomination |
| (s) astute | (s) shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily |
| (s) avarice | (s) cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness |
| (s) culpable | (s) guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy |
| (s) dilatory | (s) stalling, slow, tardy, laggard |
| (s) egragious | (s) glaring, flagrant, blatant |
| (s) equivocate | (s) to talk out of both sdes of one's mouth, palter, hedge |
| (s) evanescent | (s) ephemeral, transient, transitory |
| (s) irresolute | (s) indecisive, vacillating, wavering |
| (s) nebulous | (s) hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate |
| (s) novice | (s) neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice |
| (s) penury | (s) destitution, want, indigence |
| (s) pretentious | (s) inflated, ostentatious, affected |
| (s) recapitulate | (s) review, summarize, sum up, go over |
| (s) resuscitate | (s) revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate |
| (s) slovenly | (s) unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax |
| (s) supposition | (s) assumption, presumption, hypothesis |
| (s) torpid | (s) sluggsh, lethargic, otiose, languid |
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