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Vocab unit 10 S G
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 10 Synonyms 12th Grade Level G
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Askance | distrust, suspiciously, skeptically |
| Attenuate | thin out, dilute, water down |
| Benign | benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless |
| Cavil | nitpick, quibble |
| Charlatan | fraud, mountebank |
| Decimate | ravage,devastate |
| Foible | shortcoming, defect, quirk |
| Forgo | refrain from, renounce |
| Fraught | charged with |
| Inure | accustom, acclimate |
| Luminous | radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous |
| Obsequious | fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed |
| Obtuse | stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull witted |
| Oscillate | vibrate, vacillate |
| Penitent | remorseful, regretful, sorry |
| Peremptory | high-handed, unconditional |
| rebuff | spurn, repulse, reject, setback |
| Reconnoiter | scout |
| Sporadic | intermittent, spasmodic |