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abjure
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to give up, promise, or swear to give up; 2. to renounce something such as a belief
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abrogate
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to do away with something, usually in a formal manner-
abolish, nullify |
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abstemious
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moderate
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acumen
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wisdom, knowledge
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antebellum
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before a war
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auspicious
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promising success
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belie
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contradict, slander
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bellicose
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prone to fight
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bowdlerize
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changing a text because of its vulgarity
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chicanery
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deception by trickery, dishonest
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chromosome
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A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life
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churlish
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unamicable, rough, rude, unfriendly,violent, vulgar
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circumlocution
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1.The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2.Evasion in speech or writing. 3.A roundabout expression. |
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circumnavigate
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To pass around but not through
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deciduous
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not lasting, not permanent
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deleterious
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harmful; injurious
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diffident
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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enervate
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to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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enfranchise
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to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, esp. to the right of voting.
to set free for slaves. |
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epiphany
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a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
2. an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity. 3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. 4. a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight. |
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equinox
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the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth
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euro
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regarding to europe
europe's currency |
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evanescent
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vanishing; fading away; fleeting
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expurgate
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to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness
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facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously or literally.
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