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Chapter 10 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

Chapter 10 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example. 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).

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Chapter 10 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

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  1. Chapter 10 Vocabulary-- write word and part of speech-- write definition-- write example

  2. askance (adv) • With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

  3. attenuate (v) • To make thin or slender • To weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

  4. benign (adj) • Gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding • Having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

  5. cavil (v/n) • To find fault in a petty way; carp • A trivial objection or criticism

  6. charlatan (n) • One who feigns knowledge or ability • A pretender, imposter, or quack

  7. decimate (v) • To kill or destroy a large part of

  8. foible (n) • A weak point, failing, or minor flaw

  9. forgo (v) • To do without, abstain from, give up

  10. fraught (adj) • Full of or loaded with; accompanied by

  11. inure (v) • To toughen, harden • To render used to something by long subjection or exposure

  12. luminous (adj) • Emitting or reflecting light • Glowing, illuminating

  13. obsequious (adj) • Excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons • Obedient, dutiful

  14. obtuse (adj) • Blunt, not coming to a point • Slow or dull in understanding; not causing a sharp impression • Measuring between 90 and 180 degrees

  15. oscillate (v) • To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm • To fluctuate or waver

  16. penitent (adj/n) • Regretful for one’s sins or mistakes • One who is sorry for wrongdoing

  17. peremptory (adj) • Having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal • Offensively self-assured; determined and resolute

  18. rebuff (v/n) • To snub, to repel, to drive away • A curt rejection

  19. reconnoiter (v) • To engage in reconnaissance • To make a preliminary inspection

  20. shambles (n) • A slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed • A state of complete disorder and confusion; a mess

  21. sporadic (adj) • Occurring at irregular intervals; having no set plan or order

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