vocab 9 Flashcards by dani yusten | Brainscape

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adulation

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adore, idolize

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abate

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to become less

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anathema

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to hate something more than anything

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astute

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crafty

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avarice

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greed

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culpable

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deserving blame

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dilatory

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delay, procrastinate

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egregious

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to stand out

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equivocate

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vagr

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evanescent

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vanishing

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irresolute

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hesitant, not making up your mind

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nebulous

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cloud like

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novice

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beginner at something that requires skills

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penury

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extreme poverty

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pretentious

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trying to make a big impression

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recapitulate

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to sum up

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resuscitate

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to bring back, revive

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slovenly

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dirty, careless

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supposition

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assumed, taken for granted

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torpid

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inactive, sluggish