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Vocabulary: 11th Grade Sadlier-Oxford Level F:9
Vocabulary: 11th Grade Sadlier-Oxford Level F:9
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11th Grade Sadlier-Oxford; level F-9
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Guided by a ______ that turned out to be false, they made some disastrous decisions.
anathema
supposition
penury
torpid
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SYNONYMS: destitution, want, indigence, poverty
penury
penance
supposition
novice
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anathema
to make less in amount, degree, etc.
a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
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A greedy desire, particularly for wealth
avarice
culpable
aggravain
anathema
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slovenly
done for show, striving to make a big impression
inactive, sluggish, dull
untidy, dirty, careless
moving like a sloth would; meandering
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ANTONYMS: energetic, dynamic, vigorous; SYNONYMS: sluggish, lethargic, otiose
culpable
slovenly
torpid
astute
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By the time everyone present had expressed an opinion, the original idea had become somewhat __
nebulous
redoubtable
supposition
austere
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to review a series of facts; to sum up
recapitulate
recapitalize
equivocate
resuscitate
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egregious
unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
ANTONYMS: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness
tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt
conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used unfavorably)
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We stood on the dock on that moonless night, waiting for the storm to _______
abate
culpable
astute
avarice
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ANTONYMS: everlasting, immortal, imperishable / SYNONYMS: temporary, vanishing
evanescent
novice
irresolute
nebulous
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The ______ management of money is a valuable skill but may not by itself make a good executive.
culpable
avarice
astute
adulation
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unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
irresolute
penury
pretentious
slovenly
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She hired an assistant because, on her own, she was always _____ in paying her bills.
astute
grandiose
dilatory
beneficent
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SYNONYMS: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate
slovenly
torpid
resuscitate
recapitulate
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culpable
deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used unfavorably)
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novice
one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill
extreme poverty, barrenness
something that is assumed or taken for granted
vanishing, soon passing away
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pretentious
done for show, striving to make a big impression
cloudlike, resembling a cloud, cloudy in color
untidy, dirty, careless
unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
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SYNONYMS: adoration, idolization, hero-worship
avarice
astute
egreious
adulation
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To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague
abate
irresolute
equivocate
Avarice
