Vocab Unit 9
Terms
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- dilatory
- tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or pospone
- anathema
- an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article)
- pretentious
- done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skills of abilities, ambitious
- adulation
- praise or flattery that is excessive
- resuscitate
- to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
- recapitulate
- to review a series of facts; to sum up
- nebulous
- cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct
- abate
- to make less in amount, degree, etc; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit
- penury
- extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency
- evanescent
- vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy
- supposition
- something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
- equivocate
- to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous
- novice
- one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring some skill and experience (also used adjectivally)
- astute
- shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
- culpable
- deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
- irresolute
- unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
- torpid
- inactive, sluggish, dull
- avarice
- a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
- slovenly
- untidy, dirty, careless
- egregious
- conspicuous, stnading out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)