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askance
- with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
- distrustfully
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attentuate
to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, dilute
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benign
gentle, kind, benevolent, forgiving
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cavil
to find fault in a petty way, carp, nitpick
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charlatan
fraud, a pretender, imposter
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decimate
to kil, destroy, devastate
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foible
a weak point, falling, minor flaw, shortcoming
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forgo
v.to do without, abstain from, refrain from
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fraught
loaded with, full of
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inure
to toughen, harden, acclimate EX/ INure
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luminous
emitting or reflecting light, illuminating
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obsequious
marked by slavish attentiveness, dervile , excessively submissive, often purely for self-interested reasons
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obtuse
blunt, slowor dull in understanding
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oscillate
vacillate, to swing back and forth steadily
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penitent
regretful for ones's sins or mistakes; n. one who is sorry for wrondoing; remorseful
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peremptory
having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, dictatorial, unconditional
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rebuff
to repel, n. a curt rejection
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reconnoiter
to engage in reconnaissance; scout
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shambles
a slaughterhouse, a state of complete disorder and confusion,mess
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sporadic
random, occurring at irregular intervals,
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He was excused from trial by the ______ judge.
peremptory
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Those who were _________ obtained absolution.
penitent
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She's too much ______ to cooperate with others.
peremptory
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The shopkeeper looked ____________ at the crowd of young rowdies who entered his store.
askance
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The expedition was ________ with danger.
fraught
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The boss prefers ____________ underlings.
obsequious
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My boss ____ at the least detail.
cavil
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The silversmith _____ the ingot into one long thread.
attenuated
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Is vanity a cardinal sin or merely a foible?
foible
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