Unit+10

=Unit 10:= 1. Leeza Duller: **askance** - (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval. //The woman looked __askance__ at the e-mail that she had just receiver stating that she had just won the lottery in Nicaragua.//

2. Samantha Funk: attenuate-(v) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value //We hoped that the cat would __attenuate__ after we started feeding it healthy foods.// //2) Amanda Vankirk;// attenuate-(v) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value The nurse attempted to //attenuate// the pain when she gave the child his needle.

//3. Francesca Macrina: benign (adj.): gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant.// While the boy hoped his teacher would be __benign__ after he accidently threw a ball at her head, the teacher was not so forgiving. //3. Angela Martorano: benign (adj.): gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding: having favorable or beneficial effect, not malignant// Instead of being __benign__ after the girl fouled her, number 15 came back and pulled number 21 by the hair to the ground.

4. Brittany Harlow: **cavil - (v)** to find fault in a petty way: (n) a trivial criticism or objection "Dearest daughter, I suggest that you don't __cavil__ on trivial matters, and that you always focus your concern on important issues."

5. Jamie Cristinzio; charlatan (n.)- one who feigns knowledege or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack //The college professor tured out to be a __charlatan__ and was immediately fired and charged with fraud.//

5.) Caitlin Madden- charlatan: (n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack Harry and Ron discovered that Gilderoy Lockhart was a __charlatan__, and had been lying about his experience in dealing with the Dark Arts. 6. Deep Patel: decimate (v.) to kill or destroy a large part of When the time comes, I will decimate the zombie population.

7. Angela Longo: foible (n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw At the audition she knew she would do well in the singing portion, but she knew dancing would be her __foible__.

7. Gina Pepe: foible(n)- a weak point, failing, minor flaw The student's essay would have been graded an A, but it received a B due to her grammar //foibles.//

8.) Bridget Parker: forgo (v.) to do without, abstain from, give up  //In order to get her homework done, the girl had to __forgo__// facebook, because of her propensity to procrastinate while on it.

8.) Jordan Mullan: forgo (v.) to do without, abstain from, give up. In order to see a major improvement in her grades, the student had to __forgo__ all of her electronics, and was not allowed to hang out with her friends.

9. Marcus Smith: fraught (adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by //The battery on the phone was __fraught__ with battery power.//

10) Rachel Royal; __inure__= (v) to toughen, hardern; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure //The girls had to __inure__ their boot camp surroundings or they'd never survive.// 11. Allison Nye: luminous (adj) glowing, radient, or refelecting light New York City at Christmas time is very __//luminous//__ and absoutly beautiful because of it's christmas lights. 11. Alec Sampey: luminous (adj.)- emitting or reflecting light, glowing, illuminating After the player scored a goal in the world cup and had many pictures taken of him, people started to realize that his giant forehead was also luminous.

13.Shane Gotthold- __obtuse__ (adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression Chris was very __obtuse__ when ever he talked, and he came across as dumb. 14. Steph Dilolle / oscillate: [v] to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver. After the air conditioner broke in the middle of July, we all sat in front of the __oscillating__ fan, trying to cool off. -- 15. Jimmy Barnett: Penitent (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing

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Kanye West was very penitent for interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speach

17. Megan Millisky: Rebuff (v.) to snub, to repel, to drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check



//The writer began to get frustrated as his writing was __rebuffed__ time and time agian by different publishers.//

19. Kayla Meyermann - shambles (n) = a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion //The devastating earthquake New Jersey experienced in August of 2011 left the state in complete shambles.//

//20. Gregory Viola: sporadic (adj.): occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order.// //After being resuscitated, he regained a pulse, although it was very// __sporadic__.

20. //Meghan Gladue: Sporadic (adj.) Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated. //

The boy's headache came and went //sporadically//, causing him to be in extreme pain one minute and completely fine the next.