Vocabulary Workshop - Level G

2. Cavil Charlatan Oscillate Askance
Inured Decimate Reconnoiter Forgo
Shambles Benign Fraught Foibles
Rebuff Peremptory Luminous Attenuate
Penitent Obtuse Obsequious Sporadic

3. Commanding nature that
allows for no opportunity
for debate, denial, or
refusal
- Dictatorial, resolute
- High-handed, determined
PEREMPTORY

4. To swing back and forth
with a steady rhythm; to
fluctuate or waver
- Vacillate or turn
OSCILLATE

5. To find fault in a petty way,
carp; a trivial objection or
criticism
- nitpick, quibble
CAVIL

6. A weak point, failing, or
minor flaw
- shortcoming, defect, quirk
FOIBLE

7. To toughen, harden, or
render used to something
by long subjection or
exposure
- accustom, acclimate
INURE

8. Blunt, not coming to a
point; slow or dull in
understanding
Not causing a sharp
impression; 90-180°
- stupid, dumb, dull-
OBwTiUtteSdE

9. Full of or loaded with;
accompanied by
- Charged with; abundant
FRAUGHT

10. Marked by slavish
attentiveness; excessively
submissive, often for purely
self-interested reasons
- fawning, servile, sycophant
OBSEQUIOUS

11. To do without, abstain
from; give up
- Refrain from, renounce
FORGO

12. To snub, to repel, to drive
away; a curt rejection
- spurn, repulse, reject
REBUFF

13. With suspicion, distrust, or
disapproval
- skeptically, suspiciously
ASKANCE

14. Gentle, kind; forgiving,
understanding; having a
favorable or beneficial
effect
- Not malignant
- Benevolent, harmless
BENIGN

15. A slaughterhouse; a place
of mass bloodshed; a
state of complete disorder
and confusion
- mess
SHAMBLES

16. One who feigns knowledge
or ability; a pretender,
imposter, or quack; to
dissemble
- fraud, mountebank
CHARLATAN

17. Occurring at irregular
intervals, having no set
plan or order
- intermittent, spasmodic
SPORADIC

18. Emitting or reflecting light,
glowing, illuminating
- radiant, bright, refulgent
LUMINOUS

19. To kill or destroy a large
part of
- ravage, devastate
DECIMATE

20. To engage in
reconnaissance; to make
a preliminary inspection
- scout
RECONNOITER

21. Regretful for one’s
mistakes; one who is very
sorry for wrongdoing
- remorseful, rueful, sorry
PENITENT

22. To make thin or slender; to
weaken or lessen in force,
intensity, or value
- Thin out, dilute, water
down
ATTENUATE