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
2
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Abstemious
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Does not self indulge
3
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Acumen
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The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions
4
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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
9
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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
12
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Circumlocution
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The use of many words where fewer would do
13
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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