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Sadlier oxford G unit ten 22 vocab terms

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