VOCAB 10-12

askance

syn: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

attenuate

syn: thin out, dilute, water down

ant: thicken, strengthen, bolster

benign

syn: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless

ant: malevolent, deleterious

cavil

syn: nitpick, quibble

charlatan

syn: fraud, mountebank

decimate

syn: ravage, devastate

foible

synonyms: shortcoming, defect, quirk

ant: forte, virtue

forgo

syn: refrain from, renounce

ant: indulge in, partake of

fraught

syn: charged with

ant: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

inure

syn: accustom, acclimate

luminous

syn: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous

ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky

obsequious

synonyms: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed

ant: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent

obtuse

syn: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted

ant: acute, perceptive, quick-witted

oscillate

syn: vibrate, vacillate

penitent

syn: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry

ant:; unrepentant, remorseful

peremptory

syn: high-handed, unconditional

ant: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming

rebuff

syn: spurn, repulse, reject, setback

ant: accept, welcome

reconnoiter

scout

shambles

(n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

sporadic

syn: intermittent, spasmodic

ant: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted

abrogate

syn: annul, revoke

ant:reaffirm, renew, ratify

ambient

(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing

asperity

Syn: rigor, harshness

Ant: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

burnish

Syn: (v.) shine, buff

Ant: (v.) tarnish, dull, abrade

cabal

Syn: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

delectable

syn: delicious, scrumptious

ant: repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

deprecate

syn: deplore, frown upon

ant: smile on, countenance, approve

detritus

Syn: debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble

ebullient

syn: exhilarated, elated, exuberant

ant: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

eclectic

syn: selective, synthetic, pick and choose

ant: uniform, monolithic

flaccid

syn: soft, flabby

ant: hard, firm, solid

impecunious

syn: penniless, impoverished, indigent

ant: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

inexorable

syn: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate

ant: avoidable, yielding, pliant

moribund

syn: obsolescent

ant: flourishing, thriving

necromancer

Syn: sorcerer, conjurer

onerous

syn: oppressive, weighty

ant: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

rife

Ant: devoid of, lacking

rudiments

syn: fundamentals, basics

sequester

syn: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet

winnow

Syn: sift, strain, filter, sort

aesthetic

artistic

defunct

syn: extinct, nonexistent

ant: alive, extant

discomfit

syn: nonplus, disconcert, foil

espouse

syn: embrace, wed

ant: repudiate, disavow, renounce

fetish

syn: charm, talisman, obsession

gregarious

syn: outgoing, extroverted

ant: aloof, introverted, reclusive

hapless

Syn: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate

Ant: lucky, charmed, fortunate

impeccable

syn: flawless, spotless, immaculate

ant: grimy, soiled, spotted, sullied

importune

syn: implore, entreat, dun, tax

interpolate

syn: inject, interpose, introduce

irreparable

Syn: irremediable

Ant: remediable, fixable, reversible

laconic

syn: terse, succinct, pithy, compact

ant: garrulous, prolix, loquacious, verbose

languish

syn: flag, wilt, fade, pine

mendacious

syn: untruthful, false

ant: truthful, veracious

nadir

syn: rock bottom

ant:apex, pinnacle, zenith

omnipresent

syn: ubiquitous, ever-present

perfunctory

syn: slapdash, cursory, shallow

ant: thorough, assiduous, diligent, meticulous

plaintive

syn: sad, doleful, lugubrious

ant: cheerful, blithe, joyous, merry

requite

Syn: reimburse, recompense, avenge

tantamount

syn: indistinguishable from