Unit 9 Flashcards by Libby Sore

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Abate

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Make less in amount

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Adulation

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Excessive praise

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Anathema

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Something of intense dislike

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Astute

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Crafty; practical wisdom

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Avarice

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A greedy desire

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Dilatory

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Intending to procrastinate

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Egregious

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Standing out

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Equivocate

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Vague

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Evanescent

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Vanishing

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Irresolute

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Unable to make up mind

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Nebulous

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Cloudlike

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Novice

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Beginner

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Pretentious

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Done for show

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Recapitulate

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Review; sum up

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Resuscitate

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Revive

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Slovenly

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Untidy dirty

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Supposition

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Assumed

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Torpid

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Sluggish