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| Abate | (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit. Syn: diminish, decrease, subside, let up. Ant: intensify, increase, magnify, wax. Ex. We stood on the dock on that moonless night, waiting for the storm to ______. |
| Adulation | (n.) praise or flattery that is excessive. Syn: adoration, idolization, hero-worship. Ant: ridicule, derision, scorn, odium. Ex. Athletes have little choice but to enjoy the sometimes puzzling ______ of their fans. |
| Anathema | (n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation. Syn: malediction, imprecations, abomination. Ant: benediction, blessing. Ex. The author's views on bringing up children are ______ to my dad but a delight to my mother. |
| Astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom. Syn: shrewd, acute, sagnacious, judicious, wily. Ant: obtuse, dotish, empty-headed, dumb. Ex. The ______ management of money is a valuable skill but may not by itself make a good executive. |
| Avarice | (n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth. Syn: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness. Ex. Her career exhibited both the miser's ever-growing ______ and the miser's diminishing charm. |
| Culpable | (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation. Syn: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy. Ant: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious. Ex. It was the inspectors' ______ neglect of duty that left such old buses in service. |
| Dilatory | (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone. Syn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard. Ant: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious. Ex. She hired an assistant because, on her own, she was always ______ in paying her bills. |
| Egregious | (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense). Syn: glaring, flagrant, blatant. Ant: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling. Ex. Whoever allowed that man on a stage is guilty of an ______ blunder. |
| Equivocate | 9v.) to speak or act out in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous. Syn: to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge. Ant: to speak one's mind plainly. Ex. I won't soon give my vote to a candidate who shows such a marked tendency to ______. |
| Evanescent | (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy. Syn: ephemeral, transient, transitory. Ant: everlasting, immortal, imperishable. Ex. Looking back, I see that the magic of that summer was ______. |
| Irresolute | (adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating. Syn: indecisive, vacillating, wavering. Ant: determined, decisive, unwavering. Ex. In Hamlet, the prince is ______ about whether to obey his father's ghost or to go on as if nothing has happened. |
| Nebulous | (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct. Syn: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate. Ant: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused. Ex. By the time everyone present had expressed an opinion, the original idea had become somewhat ______. |
| Novice | (n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience. Syn: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice. Ant: veteran, past master, pro, expert. Ex. You must be patient and realize that all his mistakes are typical of a ______ in this line of work. |
| Penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency. Syn: destitution, want, indigence. Ant: affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence. Ex. We never seem to tire of stories of people who go from ____ to sudden wealth. |
| Pretentious | (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious. Syn: inflated, ostentatious, affected. Ant: unassuming, unaffected, modest. Ex. Talking about one's wealth is thought to be ______ and in poor taste. |
| Recapitulate | (v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up. Syn: review, summarize, sum up, go over. Ex. Don't bother to ______ the plot of the book; instead, tell me if you liked it. |
| Resusciate | (v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence. Syn: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate. Ex. we need someone who can ______ our neighborhood council and thus perk up the community spirit. |
| Slovenly | (adj.) untidy, dirty, careless. Syn: unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax. Ant: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous. Ex. Her room was in a ______ state, and it took her an entire Saturday to clean it. |
| Supposition | (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence. Syn: assumption, presumption, hypothesis. Ex. Guided by a +______ that turned out to be false, they made some disastrous decisions. |
| Torpid | (adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull. Syn: sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid, Ant: energetic, dynamic, vigorous. Ex. We all felt ______ after that long, dull lecture. |
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