Vocab check 10

attenuate

(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

Askance

(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Defunct

(adj.) no longer in existence or functioning, dead

Desiccated

thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid or uninteresting

Eclectic

drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Febrile

(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

Foible

(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw

Impeccable

faultless; without sin or blemish

Importune

(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

loath

unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

Mendacious

(adj.) given to lying or deception; untrue

Nadir

lowest point

Obfuscate

to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder

Obtuse

blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90° and 180°; not causing a

sharp impression

Onerous

(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Promulgate

(v.) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

rife

(adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

Rectitude

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness

Tantamount

(adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

Zealot

a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower