vocab unit 10 Flashcards

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with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

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askance

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syn: distrustfully, suspiciously

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askance

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to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

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attenuate

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syn: thin out, dilute, water down

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attenuate

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ant: thicken, strengthen, bolster

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attenuate

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gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

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benign

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syn: benevolent, salubrious, harmless

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benign

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ant: malevolent, deleterious

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benign

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to find fault in a petty way, carp; a trivial objection or criticism

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cavil

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syn: nitpick

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cavil

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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack

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charlatan

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syn: mountebank

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charlatan

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to kill or destroy a large part of

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decimate

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syn: devastate

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decimate

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a weak point, failing, minor flaw

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foible

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syn: shortcoming, quirk

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foible

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ant: forte, virtue

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foible

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to do without, abstain from, give up

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forgo

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syn: refrain from, renounce

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forgo

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ant: indulge in, partake of

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forgo

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full of or loaded with; accompanied by

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syn: charged with

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ant: devoid of, lacking, deficient in

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to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

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syn: accustom, acclimate
inure
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emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
luminous
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syn: bright, refulgent, lustrous
luminous
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ant: dark, opaque, dim, murky
luminous
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marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
obsequious
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syn: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed
obsequious
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ant: assertive, bumptious, candid, frank, independent
obsequious
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blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
obtuse
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syn: thick, mild
obtuse
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ant: perceptive, quick-witted
obtuse
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to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
oscillate
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syn: vibrate
oscillate
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regretful for one's sins or mistakes
penitent
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syn: remorseful, regretful, rueful
penitent
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ant: remorseless
penitent
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one who is sorry for wrongdoing
penitent
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having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offesnsively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
peremptory
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syn: unconditional
peremptory
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ant: irresolute, mild, unassuming
peremptory
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to snub; to repel, drive away
rebuff
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a curt rejection, a check
rebuff
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syn: setback
rebuff
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to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
reconnoiter
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syn: scout
reconnoiter
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a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
shambles
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occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
sporadic
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syn: intermittent, spasmodic
sporadic
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ant: steady, continuous, uninterrupted
sporadic