Unit 10 Level G Vocab

(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

• decimate

• obsequious

• attenuate

• rebuff

(adv.) with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval

• askance

• fraught

• rebuff

• oscillate

(adj.) gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

• askance

• shambles

• penitent

• benign

(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw

• foible

• cavil

• peremptory

• sporadic

(adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by

• obtuse

• fraught

• charlatan

• peremptory

(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack

• reconnoiter

• obtuse

• inure

• charlatan

(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of

• insure

• penitent

• attenuate

• decimate

(adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing

• penitent

• charlatan

• benign

• askance

(n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion

• obsequious

• benign

• shambles

• reconnoiter

(v). to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

• peremptory

• shambles

• charlatan

• reconnoiter