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20 Cards in this Set
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Askance |
(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
Syn: distrustfully, suspiciously |
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Attenuate |
(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
Syn: thin-out, dilute, water down |
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Benign |
(adj.) gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding, having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
Syn: benevolent, salubrious, harmless |
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Cavil |
(v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism
Syn: (v.) nitpick |
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Charlatan |
(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
Syn: mountebank |
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Decimate |
(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of
Syn: devastate |
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Foible |
(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw
Syn: shortcoming, 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 or loaded with; accompanied
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 refracting light, glowing, illuminating
Syn: bright, refulgent, lustrous |
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Obsequious |
(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; exclusively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
Syn: fawning, servile, mealymouthed |
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Obtuse |
(adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; sow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 + 180; not causing a sharp impression
Syn: 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 |
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Penitent |
(adj.) regretful for ones sins or mistakes, (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing
Syn: (adj.) remorseful, rueful |
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Peremptory |
(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-ensured, determined
Syn: unconditional
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Rebuff |
(v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check
Syn: (v.) 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 irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
Syn: intermittent, spasmodic |
