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vto make less in amount degree to deduct Synonym decrease subside We stood on the dock on that moonless night waiting for the storm to abate adulation npraise or flattery that is excessive ID: 756597

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Vocabulary Unit #9Slide2

abate

v.—to make less in amount, degree; to deduct

Synonym

: decrease; subside

We stood on the dock on that moonless night, waiting for the storm to

abate

.Slide3

adulation

n.—praise or flattery that is excessive

Synonym:

idolization; hero-worship

Athletes have little choice but to enjoy the sometimes puzzling

adulation

of their fans.Slide4

anathema

n.—an object of intense dislike

Synonym:

abomination

The author’s views on bringing up children are

anathema

to my dad but a delight to my mom.Slide5

astute

Adj.—shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

Synonym

: sagacious, wily

The

astute

management of money is a valuable skill but may not by itself make a good executive.Slide6

avarice

n.—a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

Synonym

: greedy

Her

avarice

for acquiring property and wealth caused her to be dishonest and deceitful, even to those she loved.Slide7

culpable

Adj.—deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

Synonym

: guilty; blameworthy

It was the inspectors’

culpable

neglect of duty that left such old buses in service.Slide8

dilatory

Adj.—tending to delay or procrastinate; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone

Synonym

: stalling; tardy

She hired an assistant because, on her own, she was always

dilatory

in paying her bills.Slide9

egregious

Adj.—conspicuous, standing out from the mass (usually used in an unfavorable sense)

Synonym

: glaring; blatant

Whoever allowed that obnoxious man on a stage is guilty of an

egregious

blunder.Slide10

equivocate

v.—to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Synonym:

hedge; to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth

I won’t give my vote to a candidate who shows such a marked tendency to

equivocate

.Slide11

evanescent

Adj.—vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

Synonym

: transient

Looking back, I see that the magic of that summer was

evanescent

.Slide12

irresolute

Adj.—unable to make up one’s mind; hesitating

Synonym

: indecisive, vacillating

In the play

Hamlet,

the prince is

irresolute

about whether to obey his father’s ghost or to go on as if nothing has happened.Slide13

nebulous

Adj.—cloudlike, resembling a cloud; confused; vague

Synonym

: hazy; cloudy; fuzzy

By the time everyone had expressed an opinion, the original idea had become somewhat

nebulous

.Slide14

novice

n.—one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

Synonym

: apprentice; trainee

You must be patient and realize that all his mistakes are typical of a

novice

in this line of work.Slide15

penury

n.—extreme poverty

Synonym: destitution; indigence

We never seem to tire of stories of people who go from

penury

to sudden wealth.Slide16

pretentious

Adj.—done for show, striving to make a big impression; ambitious

Synonym

: inflated

Talking about one’s wealth is thought to be

pretentious

and in poor taste.Slide17

recapitulate

v.—to review a series of facts; to sum up

Synonym: review; summarize

Don’t bother to

recapitulate

the plot of the book; instead, tell me if you liked it.Slide18

resuscitate

v.—to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence

Synonym

: revitalize, reanimate

We need someone who can

resuscitate

our neighborhood’s community spirit.Slide19

slovenly

Adj.—untidy, dirty, careless

Synonym: unkempt

Her room was in a

slovenly

state, and it took her an entire Saturday to clean it.Slide20

supposition

n.—something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Synonym: assumption; hypothesis

Guided by a

supposition

that turned out to be false, they made some disastrous decisions.Slide21

torpid

Adj.—inactive, sluggish, dull

Synonym

: lethargic, languid

We all felt

torpid

after that long, dull lecture.