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Vocab G10
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English
11th Grade
04/24/2009

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askance
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with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
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attenuate
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to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
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benign
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gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
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cavil
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to find fault in a petty way, carp; a trivial objection or criticism
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charlatan
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one who feigns knowledge or ability
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of
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foible
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a weak point, failing, minor flaw
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forgo
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to do without, abstain from, give up
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fraught
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full of or loaded with; accompanied by
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inure
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to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
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luminous
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emitting or reflecting light
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obsequious
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marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
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obtuse
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blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth in a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or water
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penitent
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regretful for one's sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing
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peremptory
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having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity fore debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
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rebuff
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to snub, to repel, drive away; a curt rejection, a check
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
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shambles
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a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
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sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
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