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100 Words Assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abjure | solemnly renounce |
| Abrogate | repeal or do away with |
| Abstemious | not self-indulgent |
| Acumen | the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions |
| Antebellum | occurring or existing before a particular war |
| Auspicious | conducive to success |
| Belie | contradict |
| Bellicose | demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight |
| Bowdlerize | remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text |
| Chicanery | the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose |
| Chromosome | a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes |
| Churlish | rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
| Circumlocution | the use of many words where fewer would do |
| Circumnavigate | sail or travel all the way around |
| Deciduous | shedding its leaves annually |
| Deleterious | causing harm or damage |
| Diffident | modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence |
| Enervate | cause to feel drained of energy or vitality |
| Enfranchise | give the right to vote to |
| Epiphany | the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi |
| Equinox | he time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length |
| Euro | the single European currency |
| Evanescence | the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly |
| Expurgate | remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable |
| Facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor |
| Fatuous | silly and pointless |
| Feckless | lacking initiative or strength of character |
| Fiduciary | involving trust |
| Filibuster | an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures |
| Gamete | an organism's reproductive cells |