Vocab 9

Resuscitate

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

Egregious

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

Irresolute

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

Dilatory

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

Abated

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

Adulation

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.

Slovenly

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

Culpable

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

Anathema

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

Avarice

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

Nebulous

He hold forth in great detail on what is wrong with our city government, but the remedies he suggest are exceedingly \______.

Penury

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

Novice

Since he was a(n) \______ at the game, the three veteran players hoped to find someone more suitable to play on their team.

Supposition

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

Pretentious

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

Evanescent

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

Astute

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

Recapitulate

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

equivocate

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

Torpid

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