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askance
- adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
- syn: suspiciously, skeptically
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attenuate
- v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- syn: thin out, dilute
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benign
- adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
- syn: benevolent, harmless
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cavil
- v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp
- n.) a trivial objection or criticism
- syn: v.) nitpick, quibble
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charlatan
n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack
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decimate
- v.) to kill or destroy a large part of
- syn: ravage, devastate
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foible
- n.) a weak point, falling, minor flaw
- syn: shortcoming, defect, quirk
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forgo
- v.) to do without, abstain from, give up
- syn: refrain from, renounce
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fraught
- adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
- syn: charged with
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inure
- v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
- syn: accustom, acclimate
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luminous
- adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
- syn: radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
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obsequious
- adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self- interested reasons
- syn: servile, sycophantic
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obtuse
- adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees
- syn: stupid, dumb, thick, dull-witted
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oscillate
- v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
- syn: vibrate, vacillate
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penitent
- adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes
- n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing
- syn: adj.) remorseful, regretful, sorry
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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
- syn: high-handed, unconditional
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rebuff
- v.) to snub; to repel, drive away
- n.) a curt rejection, a check
- syn: v.) spurn, repulse, reject; n.) setback
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reconnoiter
- v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
- syn: 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 irrecular intervals, having no set plan or order
- syn: intermittent, spasmodic
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