AP Language Vocabulary Unit 10 Flashcards

6306194704	Askance	adverb 1. with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval	0
6306194705	Attenuate	verb 1. to make thin or slender 2. to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value	1
6306272031	Benign	adjective 1. gentle, kind 2. forgiving, understanding 3. having a favorable or beneficial effect 4. not malignant	2
6306272032	Cavil	verb 1. to find fault in a petty way, carp noun 1. an unimportant objection or criticism	3
6306272033	Charlatan	noun 1. one who feigns knowledge or ability 2. a pretender, imposter, or quack	4
6306292881	Decimate	verb 1. to kill or destroy a large part of	5
6306292882	Foible	noun 1. a weak point, failing, minor flaw	6
6306292883	Forgo	verb 1. to do without, abstain from, give up	7
6306292884	Fraught	adjective 1. full of or loaded with 2. accompanied by	8
6306295086	Inure	verb 1. to toughen, harden 2. to render used to something by long subjection or exposure	9
6306295087	Luminous	adjective 1. emitting or reflecting light, glowing 2. illuminating	10
6306297547	Obsequious	adjective 1. marked by slavish attentiveness 2. excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons	11
6306297548	Obtuse	adjective 1. blunt, not coming to a point 2. slow or dull in understanding 3. measuring between 90 and 180 degrees 4. not causing a sharp impression	12
6306299751	Oscillate	verb 1. to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to fluctuate or waver	13
6306299752	Penitent	adjective 1. regretful for one's sins or mistakes noun 1. one who is sorry for wrongdoing	14
6306299753	Peremptory	adjective 1. having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal 2. offensively self-assured, dictatorial 3. determined, resolute	15
6306299754	Rebuff	verb 1. to snub 2. to repel, drive away noun 1. a curt rejection, a check	16
6306302152	Reconnoiter	verb 1. to engage in reconnaissance 2. to make preliminary inspection	17
6306302153	Shambles	noun 1. a slaughterhouse 2. a place of mass bloodshed 3. a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess	18
6306302154	Sporadic	adjective 1. occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order	19