Level G: Unit 10 Flashcards
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| 4473586659 | askance (ə SKANS) | (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval SYN: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically | 0 | |
| 4473586660 | attenuate (ə TEN yü āt) | (v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value SYN: thin out, dilute, water down ANT: thicken, strengthen, bolster | 1 | |
| 4473586661 | benign (bi NIN) | (adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant SYN: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless ANT: malevolent, deleterious | 2 | |
| 4473586662 | cavil (KAV il) | (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism SYN: Nitpick, quibble | 3 | |
| 4473586663 | charlatan (SHAR la tan) | (n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack SYN: fraud, mountebank | 4 | |
| 4473586664 | decimate (DES i mate) | (v.) to kill or destroy a large part of | 5 | |
| 4473586665 | foible (FOI ble) | (n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw SYN: Shortcoming, defect, quirk ANT: forte, virtue | 6 | |
| 4473586666 | forgo (for GO) | (v.) to do without, abstain from, give up SYN: refrain from, renounce ANT: indulge in, partake of | 7 | |
| 4473586667 | fraught | (adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by SYN: charged with ANT: devoid of, lacking, deficient in | 8 | |
| 4473586668 | inure (in URE) | (v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure SYN: accustom, acclimate | 9 | |
| 4473586669 | luminous (LU mi nous) | (adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating SYN: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous ANT: dark, opaque, dim, murky | 10 | |
| 4473586670 | obsequious (ob SE qui ous) | (adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons SYN: fawning, serviile, sycophantic, mealymouthed ANT: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent | 11 | |
| 4473586671 | obtuse (ob TUSE) | (adj,) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 degrees and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression SYN: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted ANT: acute, perceptive, quick-witted | 12 | |
| 4473586672 | oscillate (OSC i late) | (v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver SYN: vibrate, vacillate | 13 | |
| 4473586673 | penitent (PEN i tent) | (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing SYN: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry ANT: unrepentant, remoreseless | 14 | |
| 4473586674 | peremptory (pe REMP to ry) | (adj.) haaving the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute SYN: high-handed, unconditional ANT: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming | 15 | |
| 4473586675 | rebuff (re BUFF) | (v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check SYN: spurn, repulse, reject; setback ANT: accept, welcome | 16 | |
| 4473586676 | reconnoiter (re co NNOT er) | (v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection SYN: scout | 17 | |
| 4473586677 | shambles (SHAM bles) | (n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess | 18 | |
| 4473586678 | sporadic (spo RAD ic) | (adj.) occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order SYN: intermittent, spasmodic ANT: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted | 19 |