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(adj) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
askance
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(v)to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
attenuate
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(adj) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
bening
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(v) to find fault in a petty way, carp
(n) a trivial objection or criticism
cavil
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(n) onw who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
charlatan
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(v) to kill or destroy a large part of
decimate
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(n) a weak point, failing, minor flaw
foible
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(v) to do without, abstain from, give up
foego
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(adj) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
fraught
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(v) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
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(adj) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
luminous
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(adj) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissively, oven for purtly self-interested reason
obsequious
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(adj) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measured between 90-180 degrees, not causing sharp impression
obtuse
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(v) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
oscillate
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(adj) regretful for one's sins or mistakes
(n) one who is sorry for wrongdoing
penitent
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(adj) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
peremptory
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(v) to snub; to repel, drive away
(n) a curt rejection, a check
rebuff
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(v) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliiminary inspection
reconnoiter
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(n) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodsed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
shambles
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(adj) occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
sporadic
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