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Askance
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(adv.) With suspicion or mistrust or disapproval
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Attenuate
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(v.) to make thin or slender; To reduce or weaken in force, value or intensity
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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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Cavil
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(n.) a trivial objection or critisim
(v) to find fault in a petty way, carp |
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Charlatan
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(n.) One who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she actually does
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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 minor weakness or flaw of character
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Forgo
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(v.) To do without or give up, abstain from, give up
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Fraught
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(adj.) Filled or full of; accompained by
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Inure
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(v.) To toughen, harden; to render used in something by long subjection or exposure
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Luminous
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(adj.) Radiating or reflecting light
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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 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
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Oscillate
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(v.) To swing or move back and forth in a constant rhythm; to fluctuate or waiver
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Penitent
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(n.) A person who feels sorrow or regret for their sins or mistakes
(adj.) Feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for one's sins or mistakes |
