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Sadlier Oxford Level F Lesson 9
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11th Grade
08/20/2010

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Dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate, stalling; not prompt
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egregious
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conspicuous, standing out from the masses; glaring, flagrant
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one meaning; hedge
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evanescent
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vanishing, soon passing away light and airy
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ireesolute
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unable to make up one's mind, hesitating, indecisive
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nebulous
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cloudlike, vague, confused
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novice
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beginner, neophyte
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culpable
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deserving blame; worthy of condemnation, guilty
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avarice
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a greedy desire, especially for wealth
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astute
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shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom, wily
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anathema
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an object of intense dislike; a curse
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adulation
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praise or flattery that is excessive; hero-worshipping
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abate
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to make less in amount, degree, etc.  to subside
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish, dull
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supposition
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something that is assumed or taken for granted without evidence, assumption; hypothesis
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty, careless, unkempt
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resuscitate
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to revive, bring back to existence; restore, reactivate
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recapitulate
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to review a series of facts; to sum up, review
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pretentious
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done for show; inflated, affected, ambitious
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penury
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extreme poverty; insufficiency, want, destitution
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