Unit 9 Synonyms Flashcards
1
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diminish, decrease, subside, let up
A
abate
2
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adoration, idolization, hero-worship
A
adulation
3
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malediction, imprecation, abomination
A
anathema
4
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acute, sagacious, judicious, wily
A
astute
5
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cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness
A
avarice
6
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guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy
A
cuplable
7
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stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
A
dilatory
8
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glaring, flagrant, blatant
A
egregious
9
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to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth, palter, hedge
A
equivocate
10
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ephemeral, transient, transitory
A
evanescent
11
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indecisive, vacilating, wavering
A
irresolute
12
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hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, opaque, indeterminate
A
nebulous
13
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neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice
A
novice
14
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destitution, indignence
A
penury
15
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ostentatious, inflated
A
pretentious
