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Vocabulary 10
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10th Grade
05/16/2009

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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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gently, 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 (n) a trivial objection or criticism
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Charlatan
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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
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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, glowing; illuminating
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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; measuring between 90 degrees and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
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Oscillate
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to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
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Penitent
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regretful for one's sins or mistakes (n) 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 for 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; (n) 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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