| A | B |
|---|
| askance | with suspicion, trust or disproval |
| attenuate | make thin or slender/weaken/lessen force |
| benign | gentle,kind, forgiving |
| cavil | find fault in a petty way, carp |
| charlatan | feigns knowledge or abaility/pretender/imposter |
| decimate | kill/destroy a large part of |
| foible | weak point/failing/minor flaw |
| forgo | do without/abstain from/give up |
| fraught | full of/loaded with/accompanied by |
| inure | toughen/harden |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light/glowing/ |
| obsequious | marked by slavish attentiveness |
| obtuse | blunt/not coming to a point/between 90 & 80 degrees |
| oscillate | swing back and forth |
