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| oscillate | to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver (syn) vibrate, vacillate |
| penitent | regretful for one's sins or mistakes;one who is sorry for wrongdoing (syn) remoreseful, rueful, regretful, sorry (ant) unrepentant, remorseless |
| obsequious | marked by slavish attentiveness; excesively submissive, often for purely self- interested reasons (syn)fawning, servile, sycaphantic, mealymouthed (ant) assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent |
| attenuate | to make thin or slender; to weaken or lesson in force, intensity, or value (syn) to thin out, dilute, water down (ant) thicken, strengthen, bolster |
| foible | a weak point, failing, minor flaw (syn) a shortcoming, defect, quirk (ant) forte, virtue |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating (syn) radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous (ant) dark, opaque, dim, murky |
| cavil | to find fault in a petty way, carp; a trivial objection or criticism (syn) to nitpick, quibble |
| decimate | to kill or destroy a large part of (syn) to ravage, wreak havoc, devastate |
| obtuse | blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression (syn) dull-witted, stupid, dumb, thick; mild (ant) acute, perceptive, quick-witted |
| sporadic | occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order (syn) intermittent, spasmodic (ant) constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted |
| inure | to toughen, to harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure (syn) accustom, acclimate |
| rebuff | to snub; to repel, drive away; a curt rejection, a check (syn)to spurn, repulse, reject, a setback (ant) accept, welcome |
| benign | gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant (syn) benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless (ant) malevolent, deleterious |
| shambles | a slaughterhouse; place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess |
| forgo | to do without, abstain from, give up (syn) refrain from, renounce (ant) indulge in, partake of |
| charlatan | one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter or quack (syn) a fraud, mountebank |
| peremptory | having the nature of a command taht leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self- assured, dictatorial; determind, resolute (syn) high-handed, unconditional (ant) irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming |
| fraught | full of or loaded with; accompanied by (syn) charged with (ant) devoid of, lacking, deficient in |
| askance | with suspicion, distrust, or disapporval (syn) distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically |
| reconnoiter | to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection (syn) to scout |
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