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Vocab Unit 9Complete

d workbook

pages due

Tuesday 4/30/13

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abate

intensifyincreasemagnify

diminishdecreasesubsidelet up

to make lessin amount, degree

deduct, omit

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adulationpraise or flatterythat is excessive

adorationidolization

hero-worship ridicule, scorn,odium

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anathemaAn object of

intense dislike; a curse

or strong denunciation

maledictionimprecationabomination blessing;

benediction

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astuteshrewd,crafty,

showing practicalwisdom

shrewd, wily, acuteobtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

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avaricea greedy desire,

especially for wealth rapacitycupidity

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culpable

deserving blame,worthy of condemnation

guilty, delinquentpeccant,

blameworthyblameless, innocent, laudable

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dilatory

stall, slow, tardy,

laggard

tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt

prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

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egregiousconspicuo

us,standing

outfrom the

mass(negative)

glaring,flagrant, blatant

unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

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equivocateto speak or act in a way that allows for more than 1 interpretation

to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth to speak one’s

mind plainly

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evanescentvanishing,

soon passing away,light and airy

ephemeral,transient,transitory

everlasting, immortal, imperishable

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irresolute

unable to make up one’s mind

indecisivevacillatingwavering determined, decisive

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nebulous

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cloudlike, cloudy in color,

transparent, vague,

confused

definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

hazy, fuzzy, murky, opaque

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noviceone who is a beginner

at an activity

that requires skill or

experience

neophyte, tyro,

trainee, apprentic

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veteran, past master, pro, expert

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penuryextreme poverty;

barrenness,

insufficiency

destitution, want

indigenceaffluence,

abundance, luxury, opulence

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pretentiousdone for show,

striving to make a big

impression, ambitious

inflated, ostentatious unassuming, unaffected,

modest

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recapitulateto review a

series of facts, to sum up

review, summarize, sum

up, go over

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resuscitateto revive, bring back

to consciousn

ess or existencerevitalize, reanimate,

restore, reactivte

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slovenlyuntidy, dirty, carele

ssunkempt, slatternly

, slipshod,

lax neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

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suppositionsomething that is assumed or taken

for granted without conclusive

evidence.

assumption, presumptio

n, hypothesis

torbidinactive, sluggish,

dull

sluggish, lethargic,otiose, languid

energetic, dynamic, vigorous