Unit Fourteen
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 attenuate | to make smaller or lessen ♣ weaken |
| extenuating | serving to excuse; lessening the seriousness of ♣ mitigating |
| tenuous | not substantial or strong ♣ flimsy |
| tenacious | tending to stick firmly to any decision, plan, or opinion ♣ obstinate |
| tenable | able to be defended or supported ♣ justifiable |
| contend | to argue ♣ dispute |
| ostensible | seeming, claimed, or pretended, but usually not genuine ♣ alleged |
| portend | to be a sign or warning of ♣ foretell |
| distend | to swell ♣ expand |
| tendentious | strongly biased ♣ partial |
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