Vocab set 10
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legendkeeper on April 17, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 askance | with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval |
| attenuate | to make thin or slender |
| benign | gentle, kind |
| cavil | to find fault in a carping way |
| charlatan | pretender, imposter |
| decimate | to kill or destroy |
| foible | weak point |
| forgo | to do without |
| fraught | full or loaded with |
| inure | to toughen |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light |
| obsequious | marked by slavish attentiveness |
| obtuse | blunt, not coming to a point |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth |
| perntitent | regretful for one's sins or mistakes |
| peremptory | command that leaves no debate |
| rebuff | to snub |
| reconnoiter | to engage in reconnaissance |
| shambles | slaughterhouse |
| sporadic | occurring at irregular events |
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