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askance
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with suspicion distrust, or disapproval
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attentuate
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to make thin or slender, to weaken or lessen in force.
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benign
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gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding; a favosrable or beneficial effect
ex. a benign tumor. (not hurting) |
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cavil
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to find fault in a petty way.
a trivial objection or criticizm |
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charlatan
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one who feigns knowledge or vulnerability. a pretander, a quack
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dacimate
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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, minor flaw
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forgo
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to do without, abstain from
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fraught
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full or loaded with;accompanied by
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inure
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to toughen, to harden; to render used by something by long subjection to exposure.
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luminous
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giving off light,, , ,, duh
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obsequious
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marked by slavish attentiveness, excessively submissive.
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obtuse
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unt, not coming to a point. slow or dull in understanding. not causing a sharp impression.
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth in a steady rhythm, to fluctuate or waver.
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pentinent
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regretful for one's own sins and mistakes.
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peremptory
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having to nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, scrutiny, resolute.
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rebuff
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to snub, to repel. or drive away.
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance, to make a prelim inspection.
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shambles
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a slaughterhouse, a place of mass blood shed
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sporadic
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occuring at irreg. intervals.
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