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Vocabulary Unit 10 Kelly Marks, pd. 7
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Askance (adv) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
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Attenuate (v) To make thin or slender; to weaken or lessin in force, intensity, or value
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Benign (adj) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
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Cavil (v) To find fault in a petty way, carp (n) A trivial objection or criticism
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Charlatan (n) One who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
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Decimate (v) To kill or destroy a large part of
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Foi b le (n) A weak point, failing, minor flaw
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Forgo (v) To do without, abstain from, give up
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Inure (v.) to toughen harden; to render used to something by long subjection of exposure.
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Fraught (adj) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
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Luminous (adj) emitting or reflection of light, glowing; illuminating
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Obsequious (adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
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Obtuse (adj) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
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OscillateOscillate (v) To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
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Penitent (adj) regretful for one’s sins or mistakes (n) One who is sorry for wrongdoing
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Peremptory (adj) having the nature of a comment that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictorial; determined, resolute
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Rebuff (v) To snub; to repel, drive away (n) A curt rejection, a check
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Reconnoiter (v) To engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
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Shambles (n) A slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
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SporadicSporadic (adj) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
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