English 111

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English 111

• Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
• Level G, Unit 10
• Hannah Burwell

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askance

• (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
• Synonyms distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

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attenuate

• (v.) to make thin or slender to weaken or lessen
  in force, intensity, or value
• Synonyms thin out, dilute, water down
• Antonyms thicken, strengthen, bolster

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benign

• (adj.) gentle, kind forgiving, understanding
  having a favorable or beneficial effect not
  malignant
• Synonyms benevolent, salutary, salubrious,
  harmless
• Antonyms malevolent, deleterious

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cavil

• (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp (n.) a
  trivial objection or criticism
• Synonyms (v.) nit-pick, quibble

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charlatan

• (n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability a
  pretender, impostor, or quack
• Synonyms fraud, mountebank

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decimate

• (v.) to kill or destroy a large part of
• Synonyms ravage, devastate

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foible

• (n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw
• Synonyms shortcoming, defect, quirk
• Antonyms forte, virtue

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forgo

• (v.) to do without, abstain from, give up
• Synonyms refrain from, renounce
• Antonyms indulge in, partake of

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fraught

• (adj.) full of or loaded with accompanied by
• Synonym charged with
• Antonyms devoid of, lacking, deficient in

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inure

• (v.) to toughen, harden to render used to
  something by long subjection or exposure
• Synonyms accustom, acclimate

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luminous

• (adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing
  illuminating
• Synonyms radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
• Antonyms dark, opaque, dim, murky

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obsequious

• (adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness
  excessively submissive, often for purely
  self-interested reasons
• Synonyms fawning, servile, sycophantic,
  mealymouthed
• Antonyms assertive, bumptious, overbearing,
  candid, frank, independent

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obtuse

• (adj.) blunt, not coming to the point slow or
  dull in understanding measuring between 90 and
  180 degrees not causing a sharp impression
• Synonyms stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted
• Antonyms acute, perceptive, quick-witted

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oscillate

• (v.) to swing back and forth with a steady
  rhythm to fluctuate or waver
• Synonyms vibrate, vacillate

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penitent

• (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes (n.)
  one who is sorry for wrongdoing
• Synonyms (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful,
  sorry
• Antonyms (adj.) unrepentant, remorseless

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peremptory

• (adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves
  no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal
  offensively self-assured, dictatorial
  determined, resolute
• Synonyms high-handed, unconditional
• Antonyms irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming

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rebuff

• (v.) to snub to repel, drive away (n.) a curt
  rejection, a check
• Synonyms (v.) spurn, repulse, reject (n.)
  setback
• Antonyms (v.) accept, welcome

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reconnoiter

• (v.) to engage in reconnaissance to make a
  preliminary inspection
• Synonym scout

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shambles

• (n.) a slaughterhouse a place of mass bloodshed
  a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

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sporadic

• (adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having
  no set plan or order
• Synonyms intermittent, spasmodic
• Antonyms constant, steady, continuous,
  uninterrupted