Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz

Abate

• Inactive, sluggish, dull
• To make less in amount 

Adulation

• Praise or flattery that is excessive
• Something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Anathema

• An object of intense dislike
• Untidy, dirty, careless

Astute 

• To revive
• Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

Avarice

• A greedy desire, particularly for wealth
• To review a series of facts

Culpable

• Done for show 
• deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

Dilatory 

• Tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt
• Extreme poverty 

Egregious 

• Standing out from the mass 
• One who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience 

Equivocate 

• Cloud-like 
• To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation 

Evanescent 

• Standing out from the mass
• Vanishing, soon passing away