askance
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(adv.) With suspicion or mistrust or disapproval |
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attenuate |
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(v.) to make thin or slender; To reduce or weaken in force, value or intensity |
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benign |
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(adj.) gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
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cavil |
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(n.) a trivial objection or critisim
(v) to find fault in a petty way, carp
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charlatan |
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(n.) One who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she actually does |
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decimate |
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(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of
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foible
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(n.) A minor weakness or flaw of character |
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forgo |
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(v.) To do without or give up, abstain from, give up
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fraught |
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(adj.) Filled or full of; accompained by |
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inure |
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(v.) To toughen, harden; to render used in something by long subjection or exposure
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luminous |
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(adj.) Radiating or reflecting light |
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obsequious
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(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive often for purely self-interested reasons
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obtuse |
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(adj.) blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression
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oscillate |
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(v.) To swing or move back and forth in a constant rhythm; to fluctuate or waiver
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penitent |
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(n.) A person who feels sorrow or regret for their sins or mistakes
(adj.) Feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for one's sins or mistakes |
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peremptory |
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(adj.) 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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(v.) to snub, to repel, drive away
(n.) a curt rejection, a check
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reconnoiter |
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(v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
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shambles |
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(n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess
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sporadic |
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(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having n set plan or order |
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