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Abjure
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to renounce, repudiate, or retract, to give up under oath; to avoid or shun
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Abrogate
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to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal
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Abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet
characterized by abstinence |
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Acumen
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keen insight; shrewdness
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Antebellum
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before or existing before the war
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Auspicious
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate |
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Belie
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to show to be false; contradict
to misrepresent to act unworthily according to the standards of a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc |
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Bellicose
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inclined or eager to flight, aggressively hostile; belligerent, pugnacious
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Bowdlerize
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
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Chicanery
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trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry
a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade |
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chromosome
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any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order
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Churlish
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Like a churl; boorish; rude
of a churl; peasantlike Niggardly; mean Difficult to work or deal with, as soil |
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Circumlocution
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A roundabout or indirect way of speaking, the use of more words than necessary to express an idea
A roundabout expression |
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Circumnavigate
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To sail or fly around; the circuit of by navigation
To go or maneuver around |
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Deciduous
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Shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs
Falling off or shed at a particular season, stage of growth Not permanent; transitory |
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Deleterious
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Injurious to health
Harmful; injurious |
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Diffident
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Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid, shy
Restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc. |
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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; liberate, as from slavery |
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Epiphany
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An appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity
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 |
