| Question |
Answer |
| Inure |
verb= take or have effect; to come into use; habituate; toughen or harden |
| Rebuff |
noun & verb= A check to action or progress; a blunt or abrupt rejection; check; refuse; drive away |
| Peremptory |
adjective= imperious or dictatorial; imperitive; leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
| Oscillate |
verb= to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum; vibrate; to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, conditions, etc. |
| Foible |
noun= slight flaw or defect; a minor weakness or failing of character; the weaker part of a sword blade, between middle & point |
| Sporadic |
adjective= being or occurring apart from others; appearing in scattered or isolated instances |
| Concatenation |
noun= a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events |
| Benign |
adjective= having a kindly disposition; favorable; propitious; healthful; self-limiting |
| Shambles |
noun= a butcher's shop or stall; any place of carnage; a slaughterhouse; any scene of destruction |
| Obsequious |
adjective= obedient; dutiful; fawning; characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference |
| Forgo |
verb= to go or pass by; to give up, renounce, or resign; to abstain or refrain from |
| Penitent |
adjective & noun= repentant; contrite; feeling or expressing sorrow for a sin or wrongdoing & disposed to atonement or amendment; a person who confesses sin & submits to penance |
| Decimate |
verb= to destroy a great number or proportion of; to take a tenth of or from |
| Reconnoiter |
verb= to inspect, observe, or survey in order to gain information for military purposes; to observe to gain information for engineering or geological purposes |
| Concomitant |
adjective & noun= accompanying; concurrent; a concurrent quality, circumstance, or thing |
| Charlatan |
noun= quack; a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses |
| Cavil |
verb & noun= find fault with unnecessarily; a trivial & annoying objection; the raising of such objections |
| Attenuate |
verb & adjective= to make thin; slender; fine; lessen; weakened, diminishing; tapering gradually to a narrow extremity |
| Askance |
adverb= with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval; with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely |
| Obtuse |
adjective= not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form; dull; rounded at the extremity |
| Luminous |
adjective= clear; readily intelligible; shining; bright; radiating or reflecting light |
| Fraught |
adjective & noun= filled or laden with; a load; cargo; freight [of a ship] |
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