Units 7-9 - Gifted English 10

abate

to diminish, decrease, or make less in amount

adulation

excessive adoration

anathema

an object of hatred

astute

insightful, wise, skilled at something

avarice

excessive greed

culpable

deserving blame

dilatory

something that is intended to stall or delay

egregious

blatant, glaring

equivocate

to be deliberately vague (VERB)

evanescent

fleeting

irresolute

indecisive

nebulous

vague, cloudy

novice

beginner

penury

extreme poverty

pretentious

performative, done for show

recapitulate

to recap

resuscitate

to revive

slovenly

slobby, untidy

supposition

an assumption

torpid

sluggish

acrimonious

bitter, stinging

bovine

sluggish

consternation

dismay, confusion

corpulent

fat

disavow

to deny responsibility

dispassionate

disinterested

dissension

disagreement

dissipate

to scatter

expurgate

to censor

gauntlet

an armored glove or a challenge

hypothetical

not real

ignoble

mean, low

impugn

to call out or attack as false

intemperate

extreme, excessive

odium

hatred

perfidy

betrayal, treacherous

relegate

to demote, to place in a lower position

squeamish

inclined to nausea

subservient

submissively obedient, second-tier

susceptible

vulnerable

austere

stern, plain, simple, harsh

beneficent

good, kind, charitable

cadaverous

resembling a corpse

concoct

to create

crass

blunt, brusque

debase

to lower in character, to cheapen or cause deterioration

desecrate

to disrespect or ruin something sacred to people

disconcert

to rattle or confuse

grandiose

grand, majestic

inconsequential

unimportant

infraction

violation of a law

mitigate

to alleviate or make milder

pillage

to rob or loot

prate

ramble or babble

punctilious

attentive to detail

redoubtable

fear or awe inducing

reprove

to find fault with or scold

restitution

restore or make amends

stalwart

strong, sturdy, unwavering

vulnerable

open to attack