Unit 9 Flashcards
1
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abate
A
to reduce in amount, degree, to lessen or diminish
2
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avarice
A
excessive or instatiable, desire or greed
3
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astute
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of keen penetration or discernment, clever, cunning,
4
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adulation
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to show excessive admiration or devotion to
5
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anathema
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a person or thing that is detested or loathed
6
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culpable
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deserving blame or censure
7
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dilatory
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tending to delay or proscrastinate, slow tardy
8
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egregious
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extrodiaraly in some way bad, glaring, flagrant
9
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equivocate
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to use ambigous or unclear expressions to avoid commitment or in order to mislead
10
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
11
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act or proceed, vacillating
12
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nebulous
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cloudlike, unclear, cloudy, confusing
13
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novice
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beginner
14
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penury
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extremely poor
15
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pretentious
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trying to make a big impression
