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VOCABULARY LEVEL FUNIT 91ABATE(v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omitSyn: diminish, decrease, subside, let upAnt: intensify, increase, magnify, wax

2Kept my fears at baysounds like abate.Use the SMALLER fishas a bait.ADULATION(n.) praise or flattery that is excessiveSyn: adoration, idolization, hero-worshipAnt: ridicule, derision, scorn, odium

4Such adulation for an athlete is kind of strangefor an adult

ANATHEMA(n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciationSyn: malediction, imprecation, abominationAnt: benediction, blessing

Spitting is ANATHEMA to my sister.6

The old anthemof the U.S.S.R.was an anathemafor many Americanswho grew up during the Cold War.

ASTUTE(adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdomSyn: shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wilyAnt: obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

8A good studentis astute(and will study forFridays Vocab Quiz!)

AVARICE(n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealthSyn: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

10Avarice

Keeping all the RICE to himself!

CULPABLE(adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnationSyn: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthyAnt: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious

12CulpableAble to be the culprit

DILATORY(adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postponeSyn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggardAnt: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

14Delay-atory

EGREGIOUS(adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)Syn: glaring, flagrant, blatantAnt: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

16We can all agreewe dont want to make egregious errorson the G.R.E.

EQUIVOCATE(v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguousSyn: to talk out of both sides of ones mouth, palter, hedgeAnt: to speak ones mind plainly

Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair.18Kate was beingequally vagueon both sidesof the argument.

EVANESCENT(adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airySyn: ephemeral, transient, transitoryAnt: everlasting, immortal, imperishable

20Is Evanescence stillmaking music, ordid they turn out to beevanescent...?

IRRESOLUTE(adj.) unable to make up ones mind, hesitatingSyn: indecisive, vacillating, waveringAnt: determined, decisive, unwavering

22Ir (without)Resolute (resolve)

NEBULOUS(adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinctSyn: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminateAnt: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

24Nebulizer(cloud, mist)

NOVICE(n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experienceSyn: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprenticeAnt: veteran, past master, pro, expert

26He was an 80s TV noviceHe had seen no Vice.

PENURY(n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiencySyn: destitution, want, indigenceAnt: affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence

28PenuryNo pennies

PRETENTIOUS(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on ones skill or abilities, ambitiousSyn: inflated, ostentatious, affectedAnt: unassuming, unaffected, modest

Some feel that Al Gore was PRETENTIOUS when he supposedly claimed to invent the internet.30PretentiousPretending to be great.

RECAPITULATE(v.) to review a series of facts; to sum upSyn: review, summarize, sum up, go over

32Recapitulate

Recapture

LET ME RECAPITULATE EXACTLY HOW I CAPTURED THE FLAG!RESUSCITATE(v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existenceSyn: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

34Resuscitate

Revive consciousness

SLOVENLY(adj.) untidy, dirty, carelessSyn: unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, laxAnt: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

36SlovenlySLOB

SUPPOSITION(n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidenceSyn: assumption, presumption, hypothesis

Since you are enrolled in English 3 I am working under the supposition that you have passed English 2.38Supposition

I suppose

TORPID(adj.) inactive, sluggish, dullSyn: sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languidAnt: energetic, dynamic, vigorous

After a large meal many people feel torpid.40A torpid torpedo is very easy to escape