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Sadlier Vocabulary
Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 10 Definitions, Synonyms, and Antonyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| askance | (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval syn: distrustfully, suspiciously |
| attenuate | v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lesson in force, intensity, or value syn: thin out, dilute, water down ant: thicken, strengthen, bolster |
| benign | (adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant syn: benevolent, salubrious, harmless ant: malevolent, deleteriou |
| cavil | (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism syn: (v.) nitpick |
| charlatan | (n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack syn: mountebank |
| decimate | (v.) to kill or destroy a large part of syn: devastate |
| foible | (n.) a weak point, minor flaw syn: shortcoming, quirk ant: forte, virtue |
| forgo | v.) to do without, abstain from, give up syn: refrain from, renounce ant: indulge in, partake offraught |
| fraught | (adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by syn: charged with ant: devoid of, lacking, deficient in |
| inure | (v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure syn: accustom, acclimate |
| .luminous | (adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating syn: bright, refulgent, lustrous ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky |
| obsequious | (adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely selfinterested reasons syn: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky` |
| obtuse | (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: dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted ant: perceptive, quick-witted |
| oscillate | v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver syn: vibrate |
| penitent | (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing syn: (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful ant: (adj.) remorseless |
| peremptory | (adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute syn: unconditional ant: irresolute, mild, unassuming |
| rebuff | v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check syn: (v.) repulse, reject; (n.) setback ant: (v.) accept, welcome |
| reconnoiter | (v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection syn: scout |
| shambles | (n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess |
| sporadic | (adj.) occurring at irregular intervals; having no set plan or order syn: intermittent, spasmodic ant: steady, continuous, uninterrupted |
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