1. Unit 10 Vocabulary G

2. Askance Adverb Synonyms: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically
With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
Synonyms: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

3. Attenuate Verb Synonyms: thin out, dilute, water down
To make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
Synonyms: thin out, dilute, water down
Antonyms: thicken, strengthen, bolster

4. Benign Adjective Synonyms: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
Synonyms: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
Antonyms: malevolent, deleterious

5. Cavil Verb Noun Synonyms: nitpick, quibble
To find fault in a petty way, carp
Noun
A trivial objection or criticism
Synonyms: nitpick, quibble

6. Charlatan Noun Synonyms: fraud mountebank
One who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor or quack
Synonyms: fraud mountebank

7. Decimate Verb Synonyms: ravage, devastate
To kill or destroy a large part of
Synonyms: ravage, devastate

8. Foible Noun Synonyms: shortcoming, defect, quirk
A weak point, failing, minor flaw
Synonyms: shortcoming, defect, quirk
Antonyms: forte, virtue

9. Forgo Verb Synonyms: refrain from, renounce
To do without, abstain from, give up
Synonyms: refrain from, renounce
Antonyms: indulge in, partake of

10. Fraught Adjective Synonyms: charged with
Full of or loaded with, accompanied by
Synonyms: charged with
Antonyms: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

11. Inure Verb Synonyms: accustom, acclimate
To toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
Synonyms: accustom, acclimate

12. Luminous Adjective Synonyms: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
Emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
Synonyms: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
Antonyms: dark, opaque, dim, murky

13. Obsequious
Adjective
Marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
Synonyms: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed
Antonyms: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent

14. Obtuse Adjective Synonyms: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted
Blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
Synonyms: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted
Antonyms: acute, perceptive, quick-witted

15. Oscillate Verb Synonyms: vibrate, vacillate
To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
Synonyms: vibrate, vacillate

17. Penitent Adjective Noun Synonyms: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
Regretful for one’s sins or mistakes;
Noun
One who is sorry for wrongdoing
Synonyms: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
Antonyms: unrepentant, remorseless

19. Peremptory Adjective Synonyms: high-handed, unconditional
Having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
Synonyms: high-handed, unconditional
Antonyms: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming

20. Rebuff Verb Noun Synonyms: (v) spurn, repulse, reject, (n) setback
To snub; to repel, drive away
Noun
A curt rejection, a check
Synonyms: (v) spurn, repulse, reject, (n) setback
Antonyms: (v) accept, welcome

21. Reconnoiter Verb Synonyms: scout
To engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
Synonyms: scout

22. Shambles
Noun
A slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

23. Sporadic Adjective Synonyms: intermittent, spasmodic
Occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
Synonyms: intermittent, spasmodic
Antonyms: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted