Askance-Sporadic

concomitant

(adj): accompanying; occurring concurrently; (n) something that accompanies another thing; since disease is the natural ___________________ of poverty.

obtuse

(adj): blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression; too ________________________ to see the danger.

luminous

(adj): emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating a night with ______________________ starlight.

fraught

(adj): full or loaded with; accompanied by; ___________________ with danger

benign

(adj): gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant; a ___________________ influence.

peremptory

(adj): having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute; a(n) _____________________ tone of voice.

obsequious

(adj): marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often purely for self-interested reasons; ____________________ lobbyists.

sporadic

(adj): occurring at irregular intervals; having no set plan or order; ____________________ gunfire.

penitent

(adj): regretful for one's sins or mistakes: (n): one who is sorry for wrongdoing; was sincerely ____________________ .

Askance

(adv.) with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval; look __________________ at the suggestion

concatenation

(n): a linking together in a sequence; a chain; the ________________ of events

shambles

(n): a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion; made a __________________ of the office.

foible

(n): a weak point, failing, minor flaw; the _________________ of humanity.`

charlatan

(n): one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack; expose the ____________________

forgo

(v): to do without, abstain from, give up; __________________ dessert.

cavil

(v): to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n) a trivial objection or criticism; _______________ at imperceptible flaws.

decimate

(v): to kill or destroy a large part of; __________________ the enemy's forces

attenuate

(v): to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value; took steps to _____________________ the pain.

rebuff

(v): to snub, repel, drive away; (n): a curt rejection; a check, a setback; ________________________ their offer of help

oscillate

(v): to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waiver; watched the pendulum _____________________ .

inure

(v): to toughen; harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure; __________________ to hardship.

reconnoiter

(v.): to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection; _____________________ the terrain.