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Stadlier Oxford G
WCHS Unit 10-G
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| askance | (adv) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval |
| attenuate | (v) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lesen in force, intensity or value |
| benign | (adj) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant |
| cavil | (v) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n) a trivial objection or criticism |
| charlatan | (n) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack |
| decimate | (v) to kill or destroy a large part of |
| foible | (n) a weak point, failing, minor flaw |
| forgo | (v) to do without, abstain from, give up |
| fraught | (adj) full of or loaded with; accompanied by |
| inure | (v) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure |
| luminous | (adj) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating |
| obsequious | (adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons |
| obtuse | (adj) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measureing between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression |
| oscillate | (v) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to flucuate or waver |
| penitent | (adj) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n) one who is sorry for wrongdoing |
| peremptory | (adj) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute |
| rebuff | (v) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n) a curt rejection, a check |
| reconnoiter | (v) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection |
| 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 |