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| abate | to make less in amount, degree, etc., to subside, become less, to nullify, to deduct, omit; to diminish, decrease, let up |
| adulation | praise or flattery that is excessive; adoration, idolization, hero-worship |
| anathema | an object of intense dislike, a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article); a malediction, imprecation; an abomination |
| astute | shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom; acute, sagacious, judicious, wily |
| avarice | a greedy desire, particularly for wealth; cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness |
| culpable | deserving blame, worthy of condemnation; delinquent, peccant, blameworthy |
| dilatory | not on time, not prompt, tending to delay; tardy, laggard, procrastinating |
| egregious | conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense); glaring, flagrant, blatant |
| equivocate | to speak or act in a way that allows of more than one interpretation, to be deliberately vague or ambiguous; to talk out both side of one's mouth |
| evanescent | vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy; ephemeral, transient, transitory |
| irresolute | unable to make one's mind, hesitating; indecisive, vacillating, wavering |
| modicum | a small or moderate; an iota, jot, speck, bit, dollop |
| nebulous | cloudlike, resembling a cloud, cloudy in color, not transparent, vague, confused, indistinct; hazy, fuzzy, murky, opaque, indeterminate |
| novice | one who is just a beginning at some activity requiring skill and experience (also used adjectivally); neophyte, tyro |
| penury | extreme poverty, barrenness, insuffiency; destitution, want, indigence |
| pretentious | done for show, striving to make a big impression, claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious; inflated, ostentatious, affected |
| recapitulate | to review a series of facts, to sum up; summarize, sum up, go over |
| resuscitate | to revive, bring back into consciousness or existence; revitalize, restore |
| slovenly | untidy, dirty, careless; unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax |
| succinct | expressed briefly, and clearly; concise, terse, compact, pithy |
| supposition | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence; presumption, hypothesis |
| torpid | inactive, sluggish, dull; lethargic, otiose, languid |
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