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Setzer - AP Comp. - Unit 10

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139935451askance(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
139935452attenuate(v.) To make thin or slender, to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value.
139935453benign(adj.) Gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding, having a favorable or beneficial effect, not malignant
139935454cavil(v.) To find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) A trivial objection or criticism
139935456charlatan(n.) One who feigns knowledge or ability, a pretender, impostor, or quack.
147965867concatenation(n.) a linking together in a sequence; a chain
147965868concomitant(adj.) accompanying; occuring concurrently; (n.) something that accompanies another thing
139935457decimate(v.) To kill or destroy a large part of
139935458foible(n.) A weak point, failing, minor flaw.
139935459forgo(v.) To do without, abstain from, give up
139935460fraught(adj.) Full of or loaded with, accompanied by.
139935461inure(v.) To toughen, harden, to render used to something by long subjection or exposure.
139935462luminous(adj.) Emitting or reflecting light, glowing, illuminating.
139935463obsequious(adj.) Marked by slavish attentiveness, excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons.
139935464obtuse(adj.) Blunt, not coming to a point, slow or dull in understanding, not causing a sharp impression.
139935465oscillate(v.) To swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to fluctuate or waver.
139935466penitent(adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes
139935468peremptory(adj.) Having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal, offensively self-assured, dictatorial, determined, resolute
139935469rebuff(v.) To snub, to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check.
139935471reconnoiter(v.) To engage in reconnaissance, to make a preliminary inspection
139935472shambles(n.) A slaughterhouse, a place of mass bloodshed, a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
139935473sporadic(adj.) Occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order.

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