Unit 10

Question 1

Askance

Answer 1

With suspicion,distrust, or disapproval

Question 2

attenuate

Answer 2

To make weaker or lessen the force or value

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

gentle,kind,forgiving, having a beneficial effect

Question 4

Cavil

Answer 4

To find fault in a petty way

Question 5

Charlatan

Answer 5

an imposter, one who pretends to have knowledge

Question 6

Decimate

Answer 6

to kill or destroy a large part of

Question 7

Foible

Answer 7

Minor flaw, a weak point

Question 8

Forgo

Answer 8

To do without, to give up

Question 9

Fraught

Answer 9

Full of or loaded with

Question 10

Inure

Answer 10

To toughen, harden,; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

Question 11

luminous

Answer 11

emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Question 12

obsequious

Answer 12

excessively submissive, often purely self-interested reasons

Question 13

Obtuse

Answer 13

Blunt, or big, slow or dull

Question 14

oscillate

Answer 14

to swing back and forth

Question 15

Penitent

Answer 15

regretful for ones sins or mistakes

Question 16

Peremptory

Answer 16

having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate denial or refusal, determined

Question 17

Rebuff

Answer 17

to snub; to repel, drive away, a curt rejection

Question 18

Reconnoiter

Answer 18

to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

Question 19

Shambles

Answer 19

a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion.

Question 20

sporadic

Answer 20

Occurring at irregular intervals,having no set plan or der.