AP Seminar Unit 10 Vocab

Askance

Having distrust and suspicion

Attenuate

Reduce the effect or value of something

Benign

Gentle and kind

Cavil

Petty and unnecessary objections

Charlatan

Someone pretending to have special abilities

Decimate

Kill or destroy a large amount of something

Foible

A minor weakness in someone’s character

Forgo

Omit or decline something

Fraught

Filled with dread and anxiety

Inure

Accustomed to something unpleasant

Luminous

Bright and shining

Obsequious

Obedient to an excessive amount

Obtuse

Annoying or slow to understand

Oscilitate

Move and swing at a regular pace

Penitent

Feeling sorrow and regret for past wrongs

Peremptory

Insisting on immediate action

Rebuff

Reject something/someone in a abrupt manner

Reconnoiter

Make a military observation of something

Shambles

State of disorder and ruin

Sproadic

Occurring at irregular intervals