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tt words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure, v | to renounce under oath; to recant |
| abrogate, v | to abolish or annul |
| acumen, n | quickness and keenness of judgment or insight |
| antebellum, adj | belonging to a period before a war, especially the Civil War |
| auspicious, adj | attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success |
| belie, v | to give a false representation to; to misrepresent; contradict |
| bellicose, adj | warlike or hostile in manner or temperament |
| chicanery, n | deception by trickery |
| churlish, adj | vulgar; having a bad disposition |
| circumlocution, n | the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
| circumnavigate, v | to proceed completely around |
| deciduous, adj | shedding foliage; shedding at a specific season |
| deleterious, adj | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| diffident, adj | shy, timid; lacking self-confidence |
| enervate, v | to weaken or destroy the stsrength or vitality of |
| enfranchise, v | to free or endow with the rights of citizenship |
| epiphany, n | a sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something; a revelation |
| equinox, n | either of the two times a year when day and night are approx. equal |
| evanescent, adj | vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor |
| expurgate, v. | to remove objectionable material from |