Set: Sadlier-Oxford Vocab F Unit 9 Synonyms
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All 20 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
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abate | diminish, decrease, subside, let up |
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adulation | adoration, idolization, hero-worship |
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anathema | malediction, imprecation, abomination |
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astute | shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily |
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avarice | cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness |
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culpable | guilty, deliquent, peccant, blameworthy |
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dilatory | stalling, slow, tardy, laggard |
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egregious | glaring, flagrant, blatant |
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equivocate | to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge |
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evanescent | ephemeral, transient, transitory |
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irresolute | indecisive, vacillating, wavering |
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nebulous | hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate |
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novice | neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice |
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penury | destitution, want, indigence |
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pretentious | inflated, ostentatious, affected |
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recapitulate | review, summarize, sum up, go over |
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resuscitate | revitalize, reanimate, restore, rectivate |
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solvenly | unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax |
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supposition | assumption, presumption, hypothesis |
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torpid | sluggish, lethargic, oitose, languid |
Set Information
| Terms | 20 |
| Creator | elzbthgndhrt |
| Created | February 10, 2007 |
| Groups | Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, MLWGS 9th Grade Vocab |
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