Vocab Unit 9 Level F

to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit

• abate
• adulation
• evanescent
• dilatory

praise or flattery that is excessive

• equivocate
• astute
• adulation
• egregious

an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

• neublous
• irresolute
• penury
• anathema

shrewd, crafty; showing practical wisdom

• resuscitate
• torpid
• astute
• novice

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

• penury
• recapitulate
• novice
• avarice

deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

• nebulous
• equivocate
• culpable
• dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone

• dilatory
• astute
• avarice
• resuscitate

conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)

• pretentious
• supposition
• egregious
• slovenly

to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambitious

• slovenly
• equivocate
• torpid
• recapitulate

vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

• torpid
• resuscitate
• evanescent
• nebulous