Sadlier Vocab Unit 9 Level F

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adj.
Conspicuously bad or offensive.

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egregious

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n.
Excessive flattery or admiration.

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adulation

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adj.
Cloudy, misty, or hazy.
Lacking definite form or limits; vague: nebulous assurances of future cooperation.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nebula.

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nebulous

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adj.
Deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed.
Dormant; hibernating.
Lethargic; apathetic.

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torpid

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n.
A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.

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novice

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v. tr.
To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

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resuscitate

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n.
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

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avarice

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n.
The act of supposing.
Something supposed; an assumption.

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supposition

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n.
Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.

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penury

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adj.
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

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evanescent

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adj.
Untidy, as in dress or appearance.
Marked by negligence; slipshod.

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slovenly

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adj.
Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

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pretentious

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adj.
Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
Lacking in resolution; indecisive.

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irresolute

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v. tr.
To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. See Synonyms at decrease.
To deduct from an amount; subtract.
Law.
To put an end to.
To make void.

v. intr.
To fall off in degree or intensity; subside.
Law. To become void.

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abated

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adj.
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd.

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astute

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n. pl.
A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
A vehement denunciation; a curse: “the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
One that is cursed or damned.

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anathema

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intr.v.
To use ______ language intentionally.
To avoid making an explicit statement. See Synonyms at lie2.

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equivocate

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adj.
Intended to delay.
Tending to postpone or delay: dilatory in his work habits. See Synonyms at slow.

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dilatory

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v. tr.
To repeat in concise form.
Biology. To appear to repeat (the evolutionary stages of the species) during the embryonic development of the individual organism.

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recapitulated

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adj.
Deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious.

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culpable