Unit 9 Vocabulary Review (English 11)

Definition:

(n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

• anathema

• abate

• egregious

• torpid

Definition:

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

• equivocate

• culpable

• egregious

• abate

Definition:

(n.) a small or moderate amount

• nebulous

• modicum

• novice

• succinct

Definition:

(adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull

• supposition

• anathema

• nebulous

• torpid

Definition:

(n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

• supposition

• adulation

• succinct

• resuscitate

Synonym:

to revive, revitalize, restore

• egregious

• resuscitate

• recapitulate

• avarice

Synonym:

a beginner, neophyte, tyro

• dilatory

• culpable

• irresolute

• novice

Synonym:

to review, summarize, sum up, go over

• resuscitate

• equivocate

• recapitulate

• torpid

Synonym:

greed, cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

• astute

• avarice

• modicum

• recapitulate

Synonym:

shrewd, acute; sagacious, judicious, wily

• adulation

• culpable

• supposition

• astute