| Term | Definition |
|---|
| askance | with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval (syn) distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically |
| attenuate | to make thin or slender; weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value (syn) thin out, dilute, water down (ant) thicken, strengthen, bolster |
| benign | gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding;having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant (syn) benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless (ant) malevolent, deleterious |
| cavil | to find fault in a petty way, carp; a trivial objection or criticism (syn) nitpick, quibble |
| charlatan | one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack (syn) fraud, mountebank |
| decimate | to kill or destroy a large part of (syn) ravage, devastate |
| foible | a weak point, failing, minor flaw (syn) shortcoming, defect, quirk (ant) forte, virtue |
| forgo | to do without, abstain from, give up (syn) refrain from, renounce (ant) indulge in, partake of |
| fraught | full of or loaded with; accompanied by (syn) charged with (ant) devoid of, lacking, deificient in |
| inure | to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure (syn) accustom, acclimate |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating (syn) radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous (ant) dark, opaque, dim, murky |
| obsequious | marked by slavish attentitiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons (syn) fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed (ant) assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent |
| obtuse | blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; not causing a shart impression (syn) stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted (ant) acute, perceptive, quick-witted |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth with a steady rhythym; to fluctuate or waver (syn) vibrate, vacillate |
| penitent | regretful for ones sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing (syn) remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry (ant) unrepentant, remorseless |
| peremptory | having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate/denial; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute (syn) high-handed, unconditional (ant) irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming |
| rebuff | to snub; to repel, drive away; a curt rejection, a check (syn) spurn, repulse, reject..setback (ant) accept, welcome |
| reconnoiter | to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection (syn) scout |
| shambles | a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; state of complete disorder and confusion, mess |
| sporadic | occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order (syn) intermittent, spasmodic (ant) constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted |
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