Entry: attenuates (v.)
In context: "Hal wonders, not for the first time, whether he might deep down be a secret snob about collar-color issues and Pemulis, then whether the fact that he's capable of wondering whether he's a snob attenuates the possibility that he's really a snob."
Definition: To weaken or reduce in force, effect, amount; in value, estimation; (obs.) to extenuate.
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SNOOT score: 2
Page: 335
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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