Chapter 10

Question 0

Attenuate

Answer 0

Verb
To make thin or slender; to weaken or lesson in force, intensity or value
Syn: thin out, dilute, water down
Ant: thicken, strengthen, bolster

Question 1

Askance

Answer 1

Adverb
With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
Syn: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

Question 2

Benign

Answer 2

Adjective
Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
Syn: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
Ant: malevolent, deleterious

Question 3

Cavil

Answer 3

Verb
To find fault in a petty way, carp
Noun 
A trivial objection or criticism
Syn:(v.) nitpick, quibble

Question 4

Charlatan

Answer 4

Noun
One who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack
Syn: fraud, mountebank

Question 5

Decimate

Answer 5

Verb
To kill or destroy a large part of
Syn: ravage, devastate

Question 6

Foible

Answer 6

Noun
A weak point, failing, minor flaw
Syn: shortcoming, defect, quirk
Ant: forte, virtue

Question 7

Forgo

Answer 7

Verb
To do without abstain from, give up
Syn: refrain from, renounce
Ant: indulge in, partake of

Question 8

Fraught

Answer 8

Adjective
Full of or loaded with; accompanied by
Syn: charged with
Ant: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

Question 9

Inure

Answer 9

Verb
To toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
Syn: accustom, acclimate

Question 10

Luminous

Answer 10

Adjective
Emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
Syn: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
Ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky

Question 11

Obsequious

Answer 11

Adjective
Marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
Syn: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed
Ant: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent

Question 12

Obtuse

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Oscillate

Answer 13

Verb
To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
Syn: vibrate, vacillate

Question 14

Pentinent

Answer 14

Adjective
Regretful for one's sins or mistakes
Noun 
One who is sorry for wrongdoing 
Syn:(adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
Ant:(adj.) unrepentant, remorseless

Question 15

Peremptory

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Rebuff

Answer 16

Verb
To snub; to repel, drove away
Noun 
A curt rejection, a check
Syn: (v.) spurn, repulse, reject; (n.) setback
Ant: (v.) accept, welcome

Question 17

Reconnoiter

Answer 17

Verb
To engage in reconnaissance; to make preliminary inspection
Syn: scout

Question 18

Shambles

Answer 18

Noun

A slaughterhouse: a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

Question 19

Sporadic

Answer 19

Adjective
Occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
Syn: intermittent, spasmodic
Ant: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted