week 9 vocab sentences

recapitulated- (v) to review a series of facts; to sum up

recapitulated- (v) to review a series of facts; to sum up

After giving us extremely detailed instructions for more than an hour, she briefly _____ and then sent us out on our assignments.

astute- (adj) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

I was impressed by the _____ way our hostess guided the conversation away from topics that might be embarrassing to her guests.

adulation- (n) praise or flattery that is excessive

It will mean more to him to gain the approval of the few people who can appreciate his work than to receive the _____ of the crowd.

supposition- (n) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Your brilliant plan is based on one false _____ -that I am willing to work without pay.

irresolute- (adj) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating

I was so _____ about whether to go out for basketball or for swimming that I ended up going out for neither.

slovenly- (adj) untidy, dirty, careless

I told my friend that dress for the party was casual, but she showed up looking, in my opinion, just plain _____.

torpid- (adj) inactive, sluggish, dull

Her mind, _____ as a result of hours of exposure to the bitter cold, was not alert enough to sense the impending danger.

anathema- (n) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without that article)

Since I truly loathe people who think they are "above the common herd," any form of snobbery is absolutely _____ to me.

resuscitate- (v) to revive, bring back to consciousness to existence

Using the most up-to-date equipment, the firefighters worked tirelessly to _____ the victim of smoke inhalation

novice- (n) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (also used adjectivally)

Since he was a(n) _____ at bridge, the three vteran players hoped to find someone more suitable to fill out their table.

penury- (n) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency

The _____ she had experienced in her childhood and youth made her keenly aware of the value of money.

abate(d)- (v) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit

As her anger slowly _____, she realized that such childish outbursts of emotion would do nothing to help solve her problems.

egregious- (adj) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)

I don't think I'd call such a(n) _____ grammatical mistake a minor "slip of the pen."

culpable- (adj) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

How can you consider him _____ when the accident was caused by a landslide that no one could have foreseen or prevented?

evanescent- (adj) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

Sure, it's great to be a big-league ballplayer, but bear in mind that the years of stardom are brief and _____.

avarice- (n) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

The study of history teaches us that a hunger for land, like other kinds of _____, is the cause of a great many wars

nebulous- (adj) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct

He holds forth in great detail on what is wrong with our city government, but the remedies he suggests are exceedingly _____.

equivocate- (v) to speak or act in a way that allows of more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Although she tried to _____, we insisted on a simple "yes" or "no" answer.

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

Does he use all those quotations as a means of clarifying his meaning, or simply as a(n) _____ display of his learning

dilatory- (adj) not on time, not prompt; tending to delay

When you are _____ in returning a book to the library, you are preventing someone else from using it.