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20 Cards in this Set
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Askance
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suspicion or distrust
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Attenuate
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to make thin or slender
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Benign
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gentle, kind; forgiving
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cavil
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To find fault in a petty way
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Charlatan
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one who fakes knowledge or ability
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of
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Foible
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a weak point, failing
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Forgo
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to do without
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Fraught
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full or loaded with
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Inure
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to toughen, harden
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Luminous
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emmitting or reflecting light
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Obsequious
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marked by slavish attentiveness; often for self interested reasons
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obtuse
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Blunt, not coming to a point, slow or dull
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm
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Penitent
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regretful for one's sins or mistakes
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Peremptory
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denial or refusal
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rebuff
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to drive away, rejection, to repel
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reconnoiter
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to make a preliminary inspection
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shambles
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a slaughterhouse, place of mass bloodshed
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sporadic
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occuring at irregular intervals
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