Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Level G Unit 10

Adv. with suspicion, distrust or disapproval; S: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically
He watched her with askance hoping for the chance to reveal her true identity.

V. to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value; S: thin out, dilute, water down; A: thicken, strengthen, bolster
If you start a two front war with germany you have attenuated their power to strike back by half.

Adj. gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant; S: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless; A: malevolent, deleterious
The benign snow white im sure would even forgive the evil witch for poisoning her.

V. to find fault in a petty way to carp;
Stop cavilling me about insignificant details just to boost your ego it just makes you look even worse.
n. a trivial objection or criticism;
I am willing to hear your cavil about my work but it will not make me want to say yes "I'll go with you to prom" any more.
S: nitpick, quibble

N. one who pretends to have KNOWLEDGE or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack;S: fraud, mountebank
Some say that Dr. Phil is a charlatan since he's not really a doctor.

V. to kill or destroy a large part of; S: ravage, devastate
In the movie Jaws the shark decimates the people on the beach.

N. a weak point, failing, minor flaw; S: shortcoming, defect, quirk; A: forte, virtue
So what's your foible, that can later lead to your down fall, just wondering?

V. to do without, abstain from, give up; S: refrain from, renounce; A: indulge in, partake of
During lent many forgo sweets and meats.

Adj. full of or loaded with; accompanied by; S: charged with; A: devoid of, lacking, deficient in
You are fraught with deceit and it shames me to say i believed you once.

V. to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long exposure; S: accustom, acclimate
If your run without shoes i wonder if your feet will inure so that your less likely to be affected by a thorn or pebbles?

Adj. emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating; S: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous; A: dark, opaque, dim, murky
The luminous moon lighted the lake guiding my way back home.

Adj. marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons; S: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed; A: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent
The obsequious suitors followed the maiden around anywhere she went attending to her every need.

Adj. blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; S: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted; A: acute, perceptive, quick-witted
The obtuse simile was not as effective as others that are straight to the point.

V. to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or wave; S: vibrate, vacillate
The tractor began to oscillate and soon died from over heating.

Adj. regretful for one's sins or mistakes;
The penitent boy went to confession every sunday to make up for his sins.
n. one who is sorry for wrongdoing;
The penitent apologized to the judge for yelling at him.
S: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry; A: unrepentant, remorseless