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30 Cards in this Set
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Abjure
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To Recant solemnly.
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Abrogate
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To abolish.
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Abstemious
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Eating and drinking in moderation
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Acumen
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Quickness.
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Antebellum
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Belonging to the period before a war.
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Auspicious
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Favorable
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Belie
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To give a false representation.
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Bellicose
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warlike in manner.
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Bowdlerize
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To remove material that is considered offensive.
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Chicanery
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Deception by trickery.
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Churlish
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Lacking in delicacy.
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Circumlocution
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The evasion in speech or writing.
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Circumnavigate
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To proceed completely around.
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Deciduous
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Not lasting
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Deleterious
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Having a harmful effect.
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Diffident
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Marked by a lack of self-confidence.
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Enervate
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To weaken the strength of.
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Enfranchise
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To endow with the rights of citizenship.
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Epiphany
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A comprehension of reality by means of a sudden realization.
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Equinox
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The two times of the year when the sun crosses the equator.
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Evanescent
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Of short duration.
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Expurgate
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To remove vulgar material before publication.
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Facetious
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Playfully humurous.
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Fatuous
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Foolish.
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Feckless
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Lacking purpose or vitality.
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Fiduciary
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Relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
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Filibuster
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A tactic sued to delay passage of legislation.
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Gauche
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Lacking grace in social situations.
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Gerrymander
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To manipulate an electoral area.
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Hegemony
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Control or dominating influence by one person.
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