1. Completed workbook pages
Vocab Unit 9
Completed workbook pages
due
Tuesday 4/30/13

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3. abate intensify increase magnify to make less in amount, degree
deduct, omit
intensify
increase
magnify
diminish
decrease
subside
let up

4. adulation ridicule, scorn,odium praise or flattery that is excessive
adoration
idolization
hero-worship
ridicule, scorn,odium

5. An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
anathema
An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
malediction
imprecation
abomination
blessing; benediction

6. obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb
astute
shrewd,
crafty,
showing practical
wisdom
shrewd,
wily,
acute
obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

7. a greedy desire, especially for wealth
avarice
rapacity
cupidity
a greedy desire, especially for wealth

8. worthy of condemnation
culpable
deserving blame,
worthy of condemnation
guilty, delinquent
peccant,
blameworthy
blameless, innocent, laudable

9. dilatory prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious
tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt
stall, slow, tardy, laggard
prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

10. unnoticeable, paltry, piddling
egregious
conspicuous,
standing out
from the mass
(negative)
glaring,
flagrant,
blatant
unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

11. to speak or act in a way that allows for more than 1 interpretation
equivocate
to speak or act in a way that allows for more than 1 interpretation
to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth
to speak one’s mind plainly

12. everlasting, immortal, imperishable
evanescent
vanishing,
soon passing away,
light and airy
ephemeral,
transient,
transitory
everlasting, immortal, imperishable

13. unable to make up one’s mind
irresolute
unable to make up one’s mind
indecisive
vacillating
wavering
determined, decisive

14. cloudlike, cloudy in color, transparent, vague, confused
nebulous
cloudlike, cloudy in color, transparent, vague, confused
hazy, fuzzy, murky, opaque
definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused 14

15. one who is a beginner at an activity that requires skill or experience
novice
one who is a beginner at an activity that requires skill or experience
neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice
veteran, past master, pro, expert

16. penury affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence
extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency
destitution, want indigence
affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence

17. done for show, striving to make a big impression, ambitious
pretentious
done for show, striving to make a big impression, ambitious
inflated, ostentatious
unassuming, unaffected, modest

18. recapitulate to review a series of facts, to sum up
review, summarize, sum up, go over

19. to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
resuscitate
to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivte

20. slovenly untidy, dirty, careless unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax
neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

21. assumption, presumption, hypothesis
supposition
something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence.
assumption, presumption, hypothesis

22. inactive, sluggish, dull
torbid
inactive, sluggish, dull
sluggish, lethargic,otiose, languid
energetic, dynamic, vigorous