Unit 9 Synonyms Flashcards by Jenna B

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diminish, decrease, subside, let up

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abate

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adoration, idolization, hero-worship

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adulation

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malediction, imprecation, abomination

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anathema

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acute, sagacious, judicious, wily

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astute

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cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

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avarice

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guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy

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cuplable

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stalling, slow, tardy, laggard

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dilatory

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glaring, flagrant, blatant

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egregious

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to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth, palter, hedge

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equivocate

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ephemeral, transient, transitory

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evanescent

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indecisive, vacilating, wavering

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irresolute

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hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, opaque, indeterminate

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nebulous

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neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice

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novice

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destitution, indignence

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penury

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ostentatious, inflated

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pretentious

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review, summarize, go over

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recapitulate

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revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

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resuscitate

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unkempt, slatternly, lax

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slovenly

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assumption, presumption, hypothesis

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supposition

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lethargic, languid

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torpid