Vocabulary Unit 10 Synonyms
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oscillate | fluctuate, waver, vibrate, vacillate |
| penitent | remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry |
| obsequious | fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed |
| attenuate | thin out, dilute, water down |
| foible | shortcoming, failing, flaw, defect, quirk |
| luminous | radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous |
| cavil | nitpick, carp, quibble |
| decimate | ravage, wreak havoc, devastate |
| obtuse | dull-witted, stupid, dumb, thick, mild |
| sporadic | irregular, intermittent, spasmodic |
| inure | harden, accustom, acclimate |
| rebuff | spurn, repulse, reject, setback |
| concatenation | series, sequence, conjunction |
| benign | benevolent, salutary, salubrious |
| shambles | mess, disaster area; a slaughterhouse |
| forgo | do without, refrain from, renounce |
| charlatan | fraud, quack, mountebank, imposter |
| concomitant | attendant, accompanying, corollary |
| peremptory | high-handed, dictatorial; unconditional |
| fraught | full of, loaded with, charged with |
| askance | distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically |
| reconnoiter | to scout, see how the land lies |
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