Level G Unit 10 Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
Askance | (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval |
Attenuate | (v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen 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, imposter, 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-intrested reasons |
Obtuse | (adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90* and 180*; not causing a sharp impression |
Oscillate | (v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate 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 a make a preliminary inspection |
Shambles | (n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of comlete disorder and confusion, mess |
Sporadic | (adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order |
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