Vocab Unit 9 (F)

to make less in amount, degree, etc.

• anathema

• culpable

• abate

• adulation

praise or flattery that is excessive

• avarice

• adulation

• equivocate

• dilatory

The author's views on bringing up children are _____ to my dad but a delight to my mother.

• egregious

• irresolute

• anathema

• astute

Part of Speech: Astute

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

• culpable

• nebulous

• slovenly

• avarice

She hired an assistant because, on her own, she was always ____ in paying her bills.

• dilatory

• evanescent

• irresolute

• adulation

Part of Speech: egregious

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation

• evanescent

• equivocate

• astute

• avarice

Looking back, I see that the magic of that summer was _____.

• nebulous

• evanescent

• astute

• abate

unable to make up one's mind, hesitating

• irresolute

• nebulous

• pretentious

• supposition