Vocab G Unit 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Askance
A
With suspicion/distrust
2
Q
Attenuate
A
To make thin or slender
3
Q
Benign
A
Gentle/kind, not malignant
4
Q
Cavil
A
To find fault in a petty way
A trivial objection
5
Q
Charlatan
A
A pretender/impostor who feigns knowledge
6
Q
Foible
A
A weak point, failing
7
Q
Forgo
A
To do without, abstain
8
Q
Fraught
A
Full of or loaded with
9
Q
Inure
A
To toughen/harden
10
Q
Obsequious
A
Marked by slavish attentiveness, excessively submissive
11
Q
Obtuse
A
Blunt, not coming to a point
12
Q
Oscillate
A
To swing back and forth at a steady rhythm
13
Q
Penitent
A
Regretful for ones mistakes
14
Q
Peremptory
A
Self assured, determined, dictorial
15
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Rebuff
A
To repel, drive away
