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Askance
- Adv. with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
- Synonyms: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically
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Attenuate
- V. To make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- Synonyms: thin out, dilute, water down
- Antonyms: Thicken, strengthen, bolster
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benign
- Adj. Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect, not malignant
- Synonyms: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
- Antonyms: malevolent, deleterious
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cavil
- V. to find fault in a petty way, carp
- N. a trivial objection or criticism
- Synonyms: nitpick, quibble
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charlatan
- N. One who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
- Synonyms: fraud, mountebank
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decimate
- V. to kill or destroy a large part of
- Synonyms: ravage, devastate
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foible
- N. a weak point, failing, minor flaw
- Synonyms: shortcoming, defect, quirk
- Antonyms: Forte, virtue
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forgo
- V. to do without, abstain from, give up
- Synonyms: refrain from, renounce
- Antonyms: indulge in, partake of
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fraught
- Adj. full of or loaded with; accompanied by
- Synonym: charged with
- Antonyms: devoid of, lacking, deficient in
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inure
- V. to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
- Synonyms: accustom, acclimate
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luminous
- Adj. emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
- Synonyms: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
- Antonyms: dark, opaque, dim, murky
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obsequious
- Adj. marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
- Synonyms: fawning, servile, sycophant, mealymouthed
- Antonyms: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent
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obtuse
- Adj. Blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90° and 180°, not causing a sharp impression
- Synonyms: stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted
- Antonyms: acute, perspective, quick-witted
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oscillate
- V. to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
- Synonyms: vibrate, vacillate
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penitent
- Adj. regretful for one's sins or mistakes
- N. one who is sorry for wrongdoing
- Synonyms: remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
- Antonyms: unrepentant, remorseless
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peremptory
- Adj. having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
- Synonyms: high-handed, unconditional
- Antonyms: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming
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rebuff
- V. To snub; to repel, drive away
- N. A curt rejection, a check
- Synonyms: V. spurn, repulse, reject N. setback
- Antonyms: accept, welcome
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reconnoiter
- V. to engage in reconnaissance; to a make a preliminary inspection
- Synonym: scout
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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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sporadic
- Adj. occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
- Synonyms: intermittent, spasmodic
- Antonyms: constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted
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