8/18 To 9/4 Flashcards

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Abrogate

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Repeal or do away with law

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Abjure

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To renounce

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Abstemious

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Does not self indulge

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Acumen

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The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions

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Antebellum

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Occurring before the American civil war

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Belie

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Disguise

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Auspicious

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Conductive to Success

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Bellicose

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Showing aggression and willingness to fight

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Bowdlerize

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To remove improper

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Chicanery

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The use of trickery to achieve a political

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Chromosome

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Any several threadlike bodies, x and y for female and male

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Churlish

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Rude in a mean spirited way

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Circumlocution

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The use of many words where fewer would do

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Circumnavigate

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Sail all the way around

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Deciduous

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Fall off in maturity

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Diffident

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Modest or shy, lack of self confidence

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Enervate

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Lacking in energy or vitality

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Enfranchise

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To give the right to vote

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Epiphany

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A sudden realization

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Equinox

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When the earth’s equator passes the center of the sun