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20 Cards in this Set
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Askance (adv) |
With suspicion, distrust, or disapproval |
Skeptic |
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Attenuate (v) |
To make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value |
Thin out |
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Benign (adj) |
Gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant |
Harmless |
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Cavil (v or n) |
V to find fault in a petty way, carp N a trivial objection or criticism |
Nitpicking; hard to please |
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Charlatan (n) |
One who feigns or ability; a pretender; impostor, or quack |
Fraud, fake |
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Decimate (v) |
To kill or destroy a large part of |
Devastate |
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Foible (n) |
A weak point, failing, minor flaw |
Shortcoming |
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Forgo (v) |
To do without, abstain from, give up |
Refrain from |
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Fraught (adj) |
Full of or loaded with; accompanied by |
Antonym: lacking |
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Inure (v) |
Toughen or harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure |
Accustom |
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Luminous |
Reflecting light; glowing; illuminating |
Bright |
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Obsequious (adj) |
Marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive |
Not assertive |
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Obtuse (adj) |
Blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull understanding; 180> |
Stupid; dumb |
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Oscillate (v) |
To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waiver |
Movement ex a fan |
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Penitent (adj or n) |
Adj regretful for one's sins or mistakes N one who is sorry for wrongdoing |
Remorseful |
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Peremptory (adj) |
Having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; dictorial; determined or resolute |
High-handed, unconditional |
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Rebuff (v or n) |
V snub, repel, or drive away N a curt rejection, a check |
Reject or setback |
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Reconnoiter (v) |
To engage in reconnaissance; inspection |
Scout |
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Shambles (n) |
A slaughterhouse; mass bloodshed; messy |
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Sporadic (adj) |
Occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order |
Not constant or continuous |
