Junior Unit 9 + 10 Vocab Review

Adulation 

• Praise or flattery that is excessive. 

• shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom. 

• tending to delay or procrastination; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone. 

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

Astute 

• Praise or flattery that is excessive. 

• shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom. 

• tending to delay or procrastination; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone. 

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

Dilatory

• Praise or flattery that is excessive. 

• shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom. 

• tending to delay or procrastination; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone. 

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

Equivocate

• Praise or flattery that is excessive. 

• shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom. 

• tending to delay or procrastination; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone. 

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

Irresolute

• unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating.

• cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct.

• extreme poverty.

• to review a series of facts; to sum up.

Nebulous

• unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating.

• cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct.

• extreme poverty.

• to review a series of facts; to sum up.

Penury

• unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating.

• cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct.

• extreme poverty.

• to review a series of facts; to sum up.

Recapitulate

• unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating.

• cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct.

• extreme poverty.

• to review a series of facts; to sum up.

Slovenly

• untidy, dirty, careless.

• something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence.

• a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work.

• pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in a manner and appearance.

Supposition

• untidy, dirty, careless.

• something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence.

• a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work.

• pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in a manner and appearance.