Unit 10 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Benign
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(Adj.)gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding
- having a favorable or beneficial effect
- not malignant
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Askance
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(adv) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
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Attenuate
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(v. ) to make thin or slender
- to weaken or lessen in force, intensity or value
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Cavil
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- (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp
- (n.) a trivial objection or criticism
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Charlatan
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- (n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability
- a pretender, impostor, or quack
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Decimate
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-(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of
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Foible
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-(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw
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Forgo
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-(v.) to do without, abstain from, give up
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Fraught
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-(adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by
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Inure
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- (v.) to toughen, harden
- to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
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Luminous
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- (adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing
- illuminating
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Obsequious
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- (adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness
- excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
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Obtuse
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- (adj.) blunt, not coming to a point
- slow or dull in understanding
- measuring between 90 degrees and 180 degrees
- not causing a sharp impression
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Oscillate
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- (v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm
- to fluctuate or waiver
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Penitent
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- (adj.) regretful for one’s sins or mistakes
- (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing
