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english-vocab-260307
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Askance | With suspicion, distrust/disapproval. |
| Attenuate | To make thin/slender; to weaken/lessen in force, intensity, value. |
| Benign | Gentile, kind, forgiving, understanding, having a favorable/beneficial effect; not malignant. |
| Cavil | To find fault in a petty way, carp. A trivial objection/criticism. |
| Charlatan | One who feigns knowledge/ability; a pretender, imposter/quack |
| Decimate | To kill/destroy a large part of |
| Foible | A weak point, failing, minor flaw |
| Forgo | To do without, abstain from, give up |
| Fraught | Full of or loaded with; accompanied |
| Inure | To toughen; harden; to render used to something by long subjection/exposure |