Vocab Unit 10

Question 1

Askance

Answer 1

With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Question 2

Attenuate

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Cavil

Answer 4

To fine fault in a petty way, carp; trivial objection or criticism

Question 5

Charlatan

Answer 5

One whinfeigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack

Question 6

Decimate

Answer 6

To kill or destroy a large part of

Question 7

Foible

Answer 7

A weak point, failing, minor flaw

Question 8

Forgo

Answer 8

To do without, abstain from, give up

Question 9

Fraught

Answer 9

Full of or loaded with; accompanied by

Question 10

Inure

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Luminous

Answer 11

Emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Question 12

Obsequious

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Obtuse

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Oscillate

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Penitent

Answer 15

Regretful for one’s sins or mistakes; onenejonus sorry for their wrongdoing

Question 16

Peremptory

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Rebuff

Answer 17

To snub, repel, drive away; a curt rejection, a check

Question 18

Reconnoiter

Answer 18

To engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

Question 19

Shambles

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Sporadic

Answer 20

Occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order