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VOCAB Flashcards

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Abjure (verb)

A

formally renounce a former belief

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Abrogate (verb)

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Repeal a law or evade a duty

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Abstemious (adjective)

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Not self-indulging (norm. eating n drinking)

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Acumen (noun)

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Ability to make good judgements quickly, norm. in a specific thing

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Antebellum (adjective)

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Existing before a war esp American civil war

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Auspicious (adjective)

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Favorable; sign of future success

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Belie (verb)

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Fail to give the true impression of something; fail to fulfill or justify

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Bellicose (adjective)

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Having or showing a ready disposition to fight

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Bowdlerize (verb)

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Remove improper or offensive material from a text, often making it less effective

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Chicanery (noun)

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Trickery for a legal, political, or financial purpose

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Churlish (adjective)

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Rude in a mean way

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Circumlocution (noun)

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The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

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Circumnavigate (verb)

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To travel completely around something; to avoid

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Deciduous (adjective)

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Shedding leaves annually

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Deleterious (adjective)

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Causing harm or damage

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Diffident (adjective)

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Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

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Enervate (verb)

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Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken

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Enfranchise (verb)

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Give the right to vote to; historically to free a slave

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Epiphany (noun)

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An inspiration or divine manifestation

20
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Equinox (noun)

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The time (twice each year) when the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length

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Evanescent (adj)

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Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence

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Expurgate (verb)

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Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a text

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Facetious (adjective)

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

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Fatuous (adjective)

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Silly and pointless

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Feckless (adjective)

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Lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

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Filibuster (verb/noun)

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Act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length in order to delay or prevent a decision

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Gauche (adjective)

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Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward

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Hegemony (noun)

A

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

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Hubris (noun)

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Excessive pride or self-confidence

30
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Impeach (verb)

A

Call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)

31
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Incognito (adjective)

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(of a person) having one’s true identity concealed

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Incontrovertible (adjective)

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Not able to be denied or disputed.

33
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Inculcate (verb)

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Instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction

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Infrastructure (noun)

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The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise

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Interpolate (verb)

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Insert (something of a different nature) into something else normally insert (words) in a book or other text, esp in order to give a false impression as to its date

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Irony (noun)

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The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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Jejune (adjective)

A

Naive, simplistic, and superficial; (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

38
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Kowtow (verb)

A

Act in an excessively subservient manner

39
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Laissez faire (noun)

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A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

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Lexicon (noun)

A

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge; a dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic

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