Senior Chapter 10 Vocab

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Adv. with suspicion, distrust,or disapproval

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askance

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v. to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

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attenuate

Front 3

adj. gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

Back 3

benign

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v. to find fault in a petty way, carp
n. a trivial objection or criticism

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cavil

Front 5

n. one who feigns knowledge or ability, a pretender, impostor or quack

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charlatan

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v. to kill or destroy a large part of

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decimate

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n. a weak point, failing, minor flaw

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foible

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v. to do without, abstain from, give up

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forgo

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adj. full of or loaded with, accompanied by

Back 9

fraught

Front 10

v. to toughen, harden, to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

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inure

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adj. emitting or reflecting light, glowing, illumination

Back 11

luminous

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adj. marked by slavish attentiveness, excessively submissive often for purely self-intrested reasons

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obsequious

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adj. blunt not coming to a point, slow or dull in understanding, measuring between 90 degress and 180 degrees, not causing a sharp impression

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obtuse

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v. to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to flucuate or waver

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oscillate

Front 15

adj. regretful for one's sins or mistakes
n. one who is sorry for wrongdoing

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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

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peremptory

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v. to snub to repel, drive away
n. a curt rejection, a check

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rebuff

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v. to engage in reconnaissance, to make a preliminary inspection

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reconnoiter

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n. a slaughterhouse, a place of mass bloodshed, a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

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shambles

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adj. occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

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sporadic