Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 10 Nathan

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askance

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with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

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charlatan

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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor or quack

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fraught

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full of or loaded with; accompanied by

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attenuate

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to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

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penitent

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regretful for one's sins or mistakes; one who is sorry for wrongdoing

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rebuff

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to reject or criticize sharply

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obsequious

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excessively eager to please or obey; servile

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decimate

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to destroy a large part of something; to kill or remove a large percentage of

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inure

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to accustom to something unpleasant or difficult

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sporadic

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occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady