AP LANG- VOCAB 10

askance

(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically [cite: 212, 214]

attenuate

(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value; SYNONYMS: thin out, dilute, water down; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: thicken, strengthen, bolster [cite: 215, 217, 218]

benign

(adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant; SYNONYMS: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: malevolent, deleterious [cite: 220, 224, 225]

cavil

(v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: (v.) nitpick, quibble [cite: 226, 231]

charlatan

(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: fraud, mountebank [cite: 234, 265]

decimate

(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: ravage, devastate [cite: 254, 261]

foible

(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw; SYNONYMS: shortcoming, defect, quirk; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: forte, virtue [cite: 267, 271]

forgo

(v.) to do without, abstain from, give up; SYNONYMS: refrain from, renounce; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: indulge in, partake of [cite: 273, 276, 277]

fraught

(adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by; SYNONYM: charged with; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: devoid of, lacking, deficient in [cite: 294, 298, 299]

inure

(v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: accustom, acclimate [cite: 300, 303]

luminous

(adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating; SYNONYMS: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: dark, opaque, dim, murky [cite: 304, 315, 316]

obsequious

(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons; SYNONYMS: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent [cite: 312, 319, 322]

obtuse

(adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90° and 180°; not causing a sharp impression; SYNONYMS: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: acute, perceptive, quick-witted [cite: 327, 334, 335]

oscillate

(v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver; [cite_start]SYNONYMS: vibrate, vacillate [cite: 281, 284]

penitent

(adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing; SYNONYMS: (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: (adj.) unrepentant, remorseless [cite: 285, 337, 338]

peremptory

(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute; SYNONYMS: high-handed, unconditional; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming [cite: 339, 342, 343]

rebuff

(v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check; SYNONYMS: (v.) spurn, repulse, reject; (n.) setback; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: (v.) accept, welcome [cite: 344, 348, 349]

reconnoiter

(v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection; [cite_start]SYNONYM: scout [cite: 350, 353]

[cite_start]shambles

(n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess [cite: 354]

sporadic

(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order; SYNONYMS: intermittent, spasmodic; [cite_start]ANTONYMS: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted [cite: 357, 360, 362]