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10 Cards in this Set
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askance
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(end) (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, disapproval
Syn: add -ly |
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attenuate
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(ten') (v.) to make thin/slender; weaken or lessen in force
Syn:thin out, dilute Ant:thicken, holster |
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benign
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(end) (adj.) gentle, kind
Syn:benevolent, saltuary, harmless Ant: malevolent, deleterious |
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cavil
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(cav') (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a tricial onjection/critcism
Syn:(v.) nitpick,quibble |
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charlatan
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(char')(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; pretender/impostor
Syn:fraud, mountebank |
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decimate
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(dec') (v.) to kill/destroy large part of
Syn:ravage, devastate |
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foible
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(foi')(n.)weak point,failing, minor flaw
Syn: shortcoming,defect,quirk Ant:forte,virtue |
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forgo
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(end)(v.)to do without, abstain from/give up
Syn:refrain from, renounce Ant:indulge in, partake of |
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fraught
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(none) (adj.) full or or laded with; accompained by
Syn:charged with Ant:devoid of, lacking |
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inure
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(end)(v.)to touchen, harden;to render used to somthing by long subjection or exposure
Syn:accustom, acclimate |
