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Unit 10 Level G
Question | Answer |
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askance | with suspicion or distrust |
attenuate | to make thin or slender, weaken or lessen |
benign | gentle, kind, forgiving |
cavil | to find fault in a petty way |
charlatan | a pretender or impostor |
decimate | to kill or destroy a large part of |
foible | failing, minor flaw |
forgo | give up, to do without |
fraught | full of or loaded with |
inure | to toughen harden |
luminous | glowing, illuminating |
obsequious | often for purely self-interested reasons |
obtuse | blunt, slow or dull in understanding |
oscillate | to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm |
penitent | regretful for one's sins or mistakes |
peremptory | dictatorial, determined |
rebuff | to repel, drive away |
reconnoiter | to make a preliminary inspection |
shambles | a place of mass bloodshed, a state of complete disorder and confusion |
sporadic | occurring at irregular intervals |