level f unit 9

abate

SYNONYMS: make less, subside, nullify, deduct, omit, diminish, decrease, subside, let up

abate

ANTONYMS: intensify, increase, magnify, wax

adulation

SYNONYMS: excessive praise, flattery, adoration, idolization, hero-worship

adulation

ANTONYMS: ridicule, derision, scorn, odium

anathema

SYNONYMS: object of dislike, curse, strong denunciation, malediction, imprecation, abomination

anathema

ANTONYMS: benediction, blessing

astute

SYONYMS: shrewd, acute, crafty, sagacious, judicious, wily

astute

ANTONYMS: obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

avarice

SYNONYMS: greedy desire, cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

culpable

SYNONYMS: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy

culpable

ANTONYMS: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious

dilatory

SYNONYMS: stalling, not prompt, delaying, postponing, slow, tardy, laggard

dilatory

ANTONYMS: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

egregious

SYNONYMS: conspicuous, standing out, glaring, flagrant, blatant

egregious

ANTONYMS: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

equivocate

SYNONYMS: to talk out of both side’s of one’s mouth, palter, hedge, be deliberately vague, speak that allows for more than one interpretation

equivocate

ANTONYMS: to speak one’s mind plainly

evanescent

SYNONYMS: vanishing, ephemeral, transient, transitory, light, airy

evanescent

ANTONYMS: everlasting, immortal, imperishable

irresolute

SYNONYMS: indecisive, vacillating, wavering, hesitating

irresolute

ANTONYMS: determined, decisive, unwavering

nebulous

SYNONYMS: hazy, fuzzy, cloudlike, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate, vague, confused, indirect

nebulous

ANTONYMS: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

novice

SYNONYMS: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice

novice

ANTONYMS: veteran, past master, pro, expert

penury

SYONYMS: destitution, want, indigence, extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency

penury

ANTONYMS: affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence

pretentious

SYNONYMS: inflated, ostentatious, affected

pretentious

ANTONYMS: unassuming, unaffected, modest

recapitulate

SYNONYMS: review, sum up, summarize, go over

resuscitate

SYNONYMS: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactive, revive

slovenly

SYNONYMS: untidy, dirty, careless, unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax

slovenly

ANTONYMS: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

supposition

SYNONYMS: assumption, presumption, hypothesis

torpid

SYNONYMS: sluggish, inactive, dull, lethargic, otiose, languid

torpid

ANTONYMS: energetic, dynamic, vigorous