sadlier-oxford vocabulary level g unit 10
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THE COOLEST GROUP OR OVERACHIEVERS IN THE WHOLE WIDE UNIVERSE OF THE MILKY WAY, AP English 12 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 |
| 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 the point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression |
| oscillate | v. to swing back and forth with a steady rythm; to fluctuate or waver |
| penitent | adj. regretful for one's sins or mistakes |
| peremptory | adj. haing 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 |
| reconnoiter | v. to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection |
| shambles | n. a slaughterhouse; a plae of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess |
| sporadic | adj. occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order |
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