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Vocab Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure | to retract in a serious manner, to withdraw, abstain, or take-back |
| Abrogate | to abolish or do away with |
| Abstemious | moderation or abstinence, eating and drinking in moderation |
| Acumen | quick wisdom and insight, intelligence |
| Antebellum | belonging to a period of war, especially the American Civil War |
| Auspicious | marked my sucess, seeming to save sucess |
| Belie | to give false representation, misrepresent |
| Bellicose | Warlike or hostile in manner |
| Bowdlerize | To remove material from a book thought to be offensive |
| Chicanery | Deception by trickery |
| Chromosome | A strand of DNA that contains hereditary information |
| Churlish | Having a bad disposition, sour, rude, or vulgar |
| Circumlocution | The use of unnecessary words, or indirect language |
| Circumnavigate | To proceed completely |
| Deciduous | Shredding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season |
| Deleterious | Having a harmful effect, causing injury |
| Diffident | Lack of self-confidence, shy and timid |
| Enervate | To weaken or destroy vitality |
| Enfranchise | To grant the rights of citizenship |
| Epiphany | A revelation, a sudden understanding of the meaning of something |
| Equinox | The two times a year when the sun crosses the equator |
| Euro | The basic unit of currency among the European Monetary Union |
| Evanescent | Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor |
| Expurgate | To remove objectionable material before publication |
| Facetious | Playful or humorous |
| Fatuous | Foolish or silly |
| Feckless | Lacking purpose or vitality |
| Fiduciary | Relating to trust |
| Filibuster | A long speech intended to delay legislative action |
| Gamete | A mature reproductive cell |
| Gauche | Lacking grace or polish, awkward |
| Gerrymander | Divide a voting district unfairly to one's advantage |
| Hegemony | dominance or influence over society |
| Hemoglobin | The iron-containing substance in the blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body |
| Homogeneous | The same or similar in state |
| Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance |
| Hypotenuse | The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle |
| Impeach | to accuse a public official of misconduct |
| Incognito | the quality of being concealed or hidden |
| Incontrovertible | not open to dispute, unquestionable, undeniable |
| Inculcate | to instill or teach through the practice of frequent repetition |
| Infrastructure | the basic framework for organization |
| Interpolate | To alter or change a text by adding words, or in a mathematical context to interpolate is a form of estimation |
| Irony | the difference between appearance and reality, contrast for humorous effect |
| Jejune | not interesting or childish |
| Kowtow | to bow in deep respect, to show submission |
| Laissez Faire | industry free of government influence, non-interference, free market |
| Lexicon | vocabulary words and expressions |
| Loquacious | talkative or chatty, trivial conversation |
Created by:
Thao Co
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