Question: As soon as the hurricane (abated, equivocated), rescue teams rushed out to help people in the devastated area.

Answer: Abated

Question: Is it any wonder that a 17-year-old star athlete becomes smug when she receives such (recapitulation, adulation) from the entire school.

Answer: Adulation

Question: As the election drew nearer, the candidates went from reasonable discussion to quarrelsomeness to (anathematizing, recapitulating) each other.

Answer: Anathematizing

Question: Sportswriters attribute the success of the pennant-winning team largely to the (astute, evanescent) managing of old Buck Coakely.

Answer: Astute

Question: Since my mother is such a(n) (astute, dilatory) manager, she was the perfect choice to run the children’s museum in our community.

Answer: Astute

Question: He is completely indifferent to wealth and luxurious living; his (anathema, avarice) is directed instead toward fame and prestige.

Answer: Avarice

Question: What do you think of the concept that when a crime is committed, society is often as (culpable, astute) as the criminal.

Answer: Cuplable

Question: In playing chess, she deliberately uses (dilatory, nebulous) tactics to make her opponent impatient and tense.

Answer: Dilatory

Question: When the results of her mistakes became public knowledge, she gained a well-deserved reputation for being an (astute, egregious) blunderer.

Answer: Egregious

Question: I was absolutely stunned when I reviewed my bank statement, not realizing I had an (irresolute, egregious) error in accounting.

Answer: Egregious