Vocab A2

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abjure, abjuration, abjurer

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To recant solemly; renouce or repudiate, to renouce under oath, forswear

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abrogate abrogation

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to abolish or do away with, or annul, especially by authority

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abstemious abstemiously abstemisouness

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easting and drinking in moderation, charactized by abstinence or moderation

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auspicious

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attended by favorable circumstances, propitious, marked by sucess, prosperous

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belie, belier

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to give a false representation to; to misrepresent, to show to be false, contradict

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enervate envervation

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to weaken or destroy the strength or vitatlity of

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circumlocution circumlocutory

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the use of wordy and indirect language, evasive in speech or writing, a roundabout expression

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deciduous

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not lasting or ephemeral, shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season

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deleterious

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having a harmful effect, injurious

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incontrovertable

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impossible to dispute, unquestionable

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inculcate

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to impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition, instill, to teach (others) by frequent instction , to indoctrinate

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confluence (n)

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1. a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point 2. the place of meeting or two streams formed by junction

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repine (v) repiner(n)

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to feel or express dejection or discontent. 2. to long for something

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onerous(adj) onerously(adv)

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involving, imposing, or onstitution a burden:troublesome 2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages

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pernicious (adj) perniciously (adv) perniciousness(n)

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1. highly injurious or destructive, deadly 2. archaic: wicked

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pathos(n)

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an emotion of sympathetic pity, great deep earnest emotion or feeling or compassion, the quality of tugging at the heart-strings

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premonish (v)

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to give warning in advance, to forwarn

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parochial (adj) parochially (adv)

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of or ralting to a church parish 2. confined or restricted as if within the boundaries or a parish: limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region) : provincial, narrow

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becloud (v)

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1. to obscure with or as if with a cloud 2. to prevent clear perception or realization: muddle

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multitudinous (adj) -ly(adv) multitudinousness (n )

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existing in great multitude, existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects, including a multitude of individuals

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expiate (v) expiation (n) expiable(adj)

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to put an end to 2. to extinguish the guilt incurred by, to make amends by

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mordant (adj)

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biting or caustic in thought, manner or style, :burning, pungent

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astringent (adj)

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causing contraction of soft organic tissue. 2. rigidly severe, austere, pungent caustic

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portentous (adj) -ly (adv) portentousness

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being a grave or serious manner, self-conciously solemn, 2. ponderously excessive

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insipid (adj) insipidity (n)

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lacking taste or savor to please 2. lacking in qualites that stimulate, interest, or challenge

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nebulous (adj) -ly (adv) nebulousness (n)

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indistinct or vague

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ancillary (adj)

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subordinate, subsidiary, auxillary, supplementary

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ostentatious (adj)

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marked by or fond of conspicious or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display

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pretentious (adj)

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making unjustified or exessive claims, unwarranted or exxagerated importance worth or stature