vocab unit 10

Question 1

with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Answer 1

askance

Question 2

syn: distrustfully, suspiciously

Answer 2

askance

Question 3

to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

Answer 3

attenuate

Question 4

syn: thin out, dilute, water down

Answer 4

attenuate

Question 5

ant: thicken, strengthen, bolster

Answer 5

attenuate

Question 6

gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

Answer 6

benign

Question 7

syn: benevolent, salubrious, harmless

Answer 7

benign

Question 8

ant: malevolent, deleterious

Answer 8

benign

Question 9

to find fault in a petty way, carp; a trivial objection or criticism

Answer 9

cavil

Question 10

syn: nitpick

Answer 10

cavil

Question 11

one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack

Answer 11

charlatan

Question 12

syn: mountebank

Answer 12

charlatan

Question 13

to kill or destroy a large part of

Answer 13

decimate

Question 14

syn: devastate

Answer 14

decimate

Question 15

a weak point, failing, minor flaw

Answer 15

foible

Question 16

syn: shortcoming, quirk

Answer 16

foible

Question 17

ant: forte, virtue

Answer 17

foible

Question 18

to do without, abstain from, give up

Answer 18

forgo

Question 19

syn: refrain from, renounce

Answer 19

forgo

Question 20

ant: indulge in, partake of

Answer 20

forgo

Question 21

full of or loaded with; accompanied by

Answer 21

fraught

Question 22

syn: charged with

Answer 22

fraught

Question 23

ant: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

Answer 23

fraught

Question 24

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

Answer 24

inure

Question 25

syn: accustom, acclimate

Answer 25

inure

Question 26

emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Answer 26

luminous

Question 27

syn: bright, refulgent, lustrous

Answer 27

luminous

Question 28

ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky

Answer 28

luminous

Question 29

marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons

Answer 29

obsequious

Question 30

syn: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed

Answer 30

obsequious

Question 31

ant: assertive, bumptious, candid, frank, independent

Answer 31

obsequious

Question 32

blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression

Answer 32

obtuse

Question 33

syn: thick, mild

Answer 33

obtuse

Question 34

ant: perceptive, quick-witted

Answer 34

obtuse

Question 35

to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver

Answer 35

oscillate

Question 36

syn: vibrate

Answer 36

oscillate

Question 37

regretful for one’s sins or mistakes

Answer 37

penitent

Question 38

syn: remorseful, regretful, rueful

Answer 38

penitent

Question 39

ant: remorseless

Answer 39

penitent

Question 40

one who is sorry for wrongdoing

Answer 40

penitent

Question 41

having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offesnsively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute

Answer 41

peremptory

Question 42

syn: unconditional

Answer 42

peremptory

Question 43

ant: irresolute, mild, unassuming

Answer 43

peremptory

Question 44

to snub; to repel, drive away

Answer 44

rebuff

Question 45

a curt rejection, a check

Answer 45

rebuff

Question 46

syn: setback

Answer 46

rebuff

Question 47

to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

Answer 47

reconnoiter

Question 48

syn: scout

Answer 48

reconnoiter

Question 49

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

Answer 49

shambles

Question 50

occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

Answer 50

sporadic

Question 51

syn: intermittent, spasmodic

Answer 51

sporadic

Question 52

ant: steady, continuous, uninterrupted

Answer 52

sporadic