Nullify deduct omit Diminish decrease subside let up Intensify increase magnify wax adulation Praise or flattery that is excessive Adoration idolization heroworship ID: 661871
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Unit 9 vocabSlide2
abate
To make less in amount, degree; to subside, become less
Nullify; deduct, omit
Diminish, decrease, subside, let up
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Intensify, increase, magnify, waxSlide3
adulation
Praise or flattery that is excessive
Adoration, idolization, hero-worship
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Ridicule, derision, odiumSlide4
anathema
An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
Malediction, imprecation, abomination
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Benediction, blessingSlide5
astute
Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
Acute, sagacious, judicious, wily
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Obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumbSlide6
avarice
A greedy desire, particularly for wealth
Cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness Slide7
culpable
Deserving blame; worthy of condemnation
Guilty, delinquent,
peccant
, blameworthy
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Blameless, innocent, laudable, meritoriousSlide8
dilatory
Tending to delay or procrastinate; not prompt
Intended to delay or postpone
Stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
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Prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditiousSlide9
egregious
Conspicuous, standing out from the mass (usually a negative connotation)
Glaring; flagrant; blatant
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Unnoticeable, paltry, piddlingSlide10
equivocate
To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation
Deliberately vague or ambiguous
Talk out
of
both
sides
of one’s mouth; palter, hedge
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To speak plainlySlide11
evanescent
Vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy
Ephemeral, transient, transitory
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Everlasting, immortal, imperishable