Vocab Unit 10

Question 1

Askance

Answer 1

Look of suspicion or disapproval

Question 2

Attentuate

Answer 2

reduce the force, effect or value of something

Question 3

Benign (adj)

Answer 3

Gentle and kindly

Question 4

Cavil (verb)

Answer 4

Make petty or unnecessary objections

Question 5

Charlatan (noun

Answer 5

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.

Question 6

Decimate (verb)

Answer 6

Kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage of

Question 7

Foible (noun)

Answer 7

a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character.

Question 8

Forgo (verb)

Answer 8

omit or decline to take something unpleasant; go without.

Question 9

Fraught (adjective)

Answer 9

of a situation or course of action, filled with or likely to result in something unwanted.

Question 10

Inure (verb)

Answer 10

accustom someone to something, especially something unpleasant.

Question 11

Luminous (adjective)

Answer 11

Full of or shedding light; bright or shiny, especially in the dark.

Question 12

Obsequious (adjective)

Answer 12

obedient or attentive to an excessive or Seville degree.

Question 13

Obtuse (adjective)

Answer 13

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understanding.

Question 14

Oscillate (verb)

Answer 14

move or swing back and forth at a regular speed.

Question 15

Penitent (adjective)

Answer 15

feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant

Question 16

Peremptory (adjective)

Answer 16

(especially of a person’s manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

Question 17

Rebuff (verb)

Answer 17

reject someone or something in a abrupt or ungracious way

Question 18

Reconnoiter (verb)

Answer 18

make a military observation of a region.

Question 19

Shambles (noun)

Answer 19

state of total disorder.

Question 20

Sporadic (adjective)

Answer 20

occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.