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vocabulary 10-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| askance | with suspicion |
| attenuate | to make thin or slender; to weaken |
| benign | having a favorable or beneficial effect; harmless |
| cavil | to find fault in a petty way; a trivial objection or criticism |
| charlatan | impostor |
| decimate | destroy a large part of |
| foible | a weak point |
| forgo | to do without, give up |
| fraught | full of or loaded with |
| inure | to toughen, harden |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light |
| obsequious | excessively submissive |
| obtuse | slow or dull in understanding; stupid, dumb, thick |
| oscillate | swing back and forth with a steady rhythm |
| penitent | regretful for one's sins; one who is sorry for wrongdoing; remorseful |
| peremptory | a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; dictatorial; determined, resolute; unconditional |
| rebuff | to snub |
| reconnoiter | scout |
| chambles | a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion |
| sporadic | occurring at irregular intervals |
| abrogate | to repeal |
| ambient | completely surrounding |
| asperity | roughness; bitterness or tartness |
| burnish | to make smooth or glossy by rubbing; gloss |
| cabal | small group working in secret |
| delectable | delightful; appetizing food or dish |
| deprecate | to express mild disapproval |
| detritus | fragments that result from any destruction |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling |
| eclectic | drawn from different sources; one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources |
| flaccid | limp; lacking vigor or effectiveness |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| inexorable | inflexible |
| moribund | dying |
| necromancer | a magician or wizard, conjurer |
| onerous | burdensome; involving hardship |
| rife | common, prevalent, widespread |
| rudiments | the earliest stages or anything |
| sequester | to set apart; to take possession of and hold in custody |
| winnow | to get rid of something unwanted, delete |
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| defunct | no longer in existence or functioning |
| discomfit | to frustrate; to confuse, embarrass |
| espouse | to take up and support; adopt; marry |
| fetish | object believed to have magical powers |
| gregarious | sociable, seeking the company of others |
| hapless | persistent absence of good luck |
| impeccable | faultless |
| importune | to beg for insistently |
| interpolate | insert between other parts or things |
| irreparable | incapable of being repaired |
| laconic | concise |
| languish | to become weak; to droop; to be depressed |
| mendacious | untrue |
| nadir | lowest point |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| perfunctory | done in a superficial or halfhearted manner |
| plaintive | expressive of sorrow or woe |
| requite | to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation; to reciprocate |
| tantamount | equivalent |
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casey.mcnaboe
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