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askance
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with suspicion, distrust, or dissaproval; distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically
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attenuate
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thin out, dilute, water down; to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value.
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benign
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gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding; benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless.
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cavil
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nitpick, quibble; carp, find fault in; a trivial objection or criticism.
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charlatan
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fraud, mountbank; pretender, impostor, or quack.
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of; ravage devastate.
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foible
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a weak point, failing, minor flaw; shortcoming, defect quirk.
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forgo
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to do without, abstain from, give up; refrain from, renounce.
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fraught
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full of or loaded with; accompanied by; charged with.
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inure
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to toughen, harden; accustom, acclimate; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure.
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luminous
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emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating, radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous.
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obsequious
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fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed; submissive; slavish attentiveness.
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obtuse
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blunt, not coming to a point; between 90* and 180*; stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted.
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oscillate
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vibrate, vacillate; to swing back and forth; fluctuate or waver.
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penitent
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remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry.
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peremptory
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high-handed, unconditional; offensively self-assured, dictatorial, determined, resolute.
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rebuff
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to snub; to repel, drive away; a curt rejection, a check; spurn, repulse, reject; setback.
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reconnoiter
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scout; reconnaissance; preliminary inspection.
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shambles
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slaughterhouse; mass bloodshed; state of complete disorder and confuseion, mess.
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sporadic
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intermittent, spasmodic; occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order.
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abrogate
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to repeal, cancel, declar null and void; annul, revoke.
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ambient
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completely surrounding, encompassing.
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asperity
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roughness,severity; bitterness or tartness; rigor harshness.
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burnish
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polish; gloss, brightness, luster; shine, buff.
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cabal
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a small group working in secret; clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy.
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delectable
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delicious, scruptious; delightful, highly enjoyable.
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deprecate
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deplore, frown upon; to express mild disapproval; to belittle.
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detritus
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debis, wrckage, ruins, rubble.
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ebullient
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exhilarated, elated, exuberant; overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling.
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eclectic
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selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose; from different sources.
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flaccid
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limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness; soft, flabby.
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impecunious
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having little or no money; penniless, impoverished, indigent.
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inexorable
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inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding; inescapapble, ineluctable, obdurate.
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moribund
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dying, on the way out; obsolescent.
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necromancer
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sorcerer, conjurer; magician or wizard.
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onerous
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burdensome; oppressive, weighty.
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rife
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common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abudant, replete.
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rudiments
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fundamentals, basics.
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sequester
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seclude, segregate, isolate, closet; to set apart.
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winnow
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sift, starin, filter, sort; delete; to blow on, fan.
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aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to beauty.
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defunct
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extinct, nonexistent; dead.
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discomfit
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to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass; nonplus, disconcet, foil.
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espouse
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embrace, wed.
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fetish
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charm, talisman, obsession.
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gregarious
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outgoing, extroverted; sociable; living in a group or herd.
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hapless
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unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate.
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impeccable
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flawless, spotless, immaculate; faultless.
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importune
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implore, entreat, dun, tax; to beg for.
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interpolate
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inject, interpose, introduce; to insert between other parts or things.
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irreparable
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incapable of being repaired or rectified; irremediable.
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laconic
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concise, using few words; terse, succinct, pithy, compact.
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languish
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to become weak, feeble, or dull; flag, wilt, fade, pine; to droop.
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mendacious
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untruthful, false; given to lying or deception; untrue.
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nadir
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the lowest point; rock bottom.
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omnipresent
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ubiquitous, ever-present.
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prefunctory
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slapdash, cursory, shallow; without interest or enthusiasm.
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plaintive
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sad, doleful, lugubrious; melancholy.
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requite
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reimburse, recompense, avenge; to reciprocate.
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tantamount
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equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect; indistinguishable form.
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