Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 10 Synonyms

askance

s: distrustfully, suspiciously

attenuate

s: thin out, dilute, water down

a: thicken, strengthen, bolster

benign

s: benevolent, salubrious, harmless

a: malevolent, deleterious

cavil

s: nitpick

charlatan

s: mountebank

decimate

s: devastate

foible

s: shortcoming, quirk

a: forte, virtue

forgo

s: refrain from, renounce

a: indulge in, partake of

fraught

s: charged with

a: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

inure

a: accustom, acclimate

luminous

s: bright, refulgent, lustrous

a: dark, opaque, dim, murky

obsequious

s: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed

a: assertive, bumptious, candid, frank, independent

obtuse

s: thick, mild

a: perceptive, quick-witted

oscillate

s: vibrate

penitent

s: remorseful, regretful, rueful

a: remorseless

peremptory

s: unconditional

a: irresolute, mild, unassuming

rebuff

s: repulse, reject, setback

a: accept, welcome

reconnoiter

s: scout

shambles

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sporadic

s: intermittent, spasmodic

a: steady, continuous, uninterrupted