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abjure
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to reject something, to avoid.
ex.: dont abjure the baby |
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abrogate
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to do away with or cancel by authority.
ex.: to abrogate a law |
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abstemious
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not eating and drinking much.
ex.: The hermit led an abstemious way of life. |
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acumen
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keenness of mind : SHREWDNESS.
ex.: He had remarkable acumen in business matters. |
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antebellum
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A descriptive term for objects and institutions, especially houses, that originated three or four decades before the Civil War.
Antebellum is Latin for “before the war.” |
