Vocab Unit 10

Question 1

With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Answer 1

askance

Question 2

to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force

Answer 2

attenuate

Question 3

gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable effect

Answer 3

benign

Question 4

to find fault in a petty way

Answer 4

cavil

Question 5

one who feigns knowledge or ability; pretender, imposter

Answer 5

charlatan

Question 6

to kill or destroy a large part of

Answer 6

decimate

Question 7

a weak point, failing, minor flaw

Answer 7

foible

Question 8

to do without, abstain from, give up

Answer 8

forgo

Question 9

full of or loaded with, accompanied by

Answer 9

fraught

Question 10

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

Answer 10

inure

Question 11

emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Answer 11

luminous

Question 12

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

Answer 12

obsequious

Question 13

blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding

Answer 13

obtuse

Question 14

to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm

Answer 14

oscillate

Question 15

regretful for ones sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing

Answer 15

penitent

Question 16

having the nature of command that leaves no opportunity for debate

Answer 16

peremptory

Question 17

to snub; to repel, drive away

Answer 17

rebuff

Question 18

to engage in reconnaissance, to make preliminary inspection

Answer 18

reconnoiter

Question 19

a slaughterhouse; place of mass bloodshed

Answer 19

shambles

Question 20

occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

Answer 20

sporadic