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VOCABULARY LEVEL F

VOCABULARY LEVEL F. UNIT 9. ABATE. (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit Syn : diminish, decrease, subside, let up Ant: intensify, increase, magnify, wax. ADULATION. (n.) praise or flattery that is excessive

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VOCABULARY LEVEL F

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  1. VOCABULARY LEVEL F UNIT 9

  2. ABATE (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit Syn: diminish, decrease, subside, let up Ant: intensify, increase, magnify, wax

  3. ADULATION (n.) praise or flattery that is excessive Syn: adoration, idolization, hero-worship Ant: ridicule, derision, scorn, odium

  4. ANATHEMA Spitting is ANATHEMA to my sister. (n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation Syn: malediction, imprecation, abomination Ant: benediction, blessing

  5. ASTUTE (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom Syn: shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily Ant: obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

  6. AVARICE (n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth Syn: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

  7. CULPABLE (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation Syn: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy Ant: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious

  8. DILATORY (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone Syn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard Ant: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

  9. EGREGIOUS (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) Syn: glaring, flagrant, blatant Ant: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

  10. EQUIVOCATE “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair….” (v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous Syn: to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth, palter, hedge Ant: to speak one’s mind plainly

  11. EVANESCENT (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy Syn: ephemeral, transient, transitory Ant: everlasting, immortal, imperishable

  12. IRRESOLUTE (adj.) unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating Syn: indecisive, vacillating, wavering Ant: determined, decisive, unwavering

  13. NEBULOUS (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct Syn: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate Ant: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

  14. NOVICE (n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience Syn: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice Ant: veteran, past master, pro, expert

  15. PENURY (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency Syn: destitution, want, indigence Ant: affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence

  16. PRETENTIOUS Some feel that Al Gore was PRETENTIOUS when he supposedly claimed to “invent” the internet. (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one’s skill or abilities, ambitious Syn: inflated, ostentatious, affected Ant: unassuming, unaffected, modest

  17. RECAPITULATE (v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up Syn: review, summarize, sum up, go over

  18. RESUSCITATE (v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence Syn: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

  19. SLOVENLY (adj.) untidy, dirty, careless Syn: unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax Ant: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

  20. SUPPOSITION Since you are enrolled in English 3 I am working under the supposition that you have passed English 2. (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence Syn: assumption, presumption, hypothesis

  21. TORPID After a large meal many people feel torpid. (adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull Syn: sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid Ant: energetic, dynamic, vigorous

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