Vocab Unit 10

Front 1

askance

Back 1

with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Front 2

attenuate

Back 2

to make thin or slender

Front 3

attenuate

Back 3

to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

Front 4

benign

Back 4

gentle, kind

Front 5

benign

Back 5

forgiving, understanding

Front 6

benign

Back 6

having a favorable or beneficial effect

Front 7

benign

Back 7

not malignant

Front 8

cavil

Back 8

to find fault in a petty way, carp

Front 9

cavil

Back 9

a trivial objection or criticism

Front 10

charlatan

Back 10

one who feigns knowledge or ability

Front 11

charlatan

Back 11

a pretender, imposter, or quack

Front 12

decimate

Back 12

to kill or destroy a large part of

Front 13

foible

Back 13

a weak point, failing, or minor flaw

Front 14

forgo

Back 14

to do without, abstain from, give up

Front 15

fraught

Back 15

full of or loaded with

Front 16

fraught

Back 16

accompanied by

Front 17

inure

Back 17

to toughen, harden

Front 18

inure

Back 18

to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

Front 19

luminous

Back 19

emitting or reflecting light, glowing

Front 20

luminous

Back 20

illuminating

Front 21

obsequious

Back 21

marked by slavish attentiveness

Front 22

obsequious

Back 22

excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons

Front 23

obtuse

Back 23

blunt, not coming to point

Front 24

obtuse

Back 24

slow or dull in understanding

Front 25

obtuse

Back 25

measuring btw 90 and 180 degrees

Front 26

obtuse

Back 26

not coming to a sharp impression

Front 27

oscillate

Back 27

to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm

Front 28

oscillate

Back 28

to fluctuate or waver

Front 29

penitent

Back 29

regretful for one's sins or mistakes

Front 30

penitent

Back 30

one who is sorry for wrongdoing

Front 31

peremptory

Back 31

having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debatem, denial, or refusal

Front 32

peremptory

Back 32

offensively self-assured, dictorial

Front 33

peremptory

Back 33

determined, resolute

Front 34

rebuff

Back 34

to snub

Front 35

rebuff

Back 35

to repel, drive away

Front 36

rebuff

Back 36

a curt rejection, a check

Front 37

reconnoiter

Back 37

to engage in reconnaissance

Front 38

reconnoiter

Back 38

to make a preliminary inspection

Front 39

shambles

Back 39

a slaughterhouse

Front 40

shambles

Back 40

a place of mass bloodshed

Front 41

shambles

Back 41

a state of complete disorder or confusion, mess

Front 42

sporadic

Back 42

occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order