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DaHo vocab 1
vocab 1 0304
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| Churlish | having a bad disposition |
| Nihilism | a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake |
| Abrogate | an official or legal cancellation |
| Orthography | a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
| Diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness |
| Euro | the official common currency of 12 European union nations |
| supercilious | highly disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or facial expression |
| Plasma | The colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended |
| Photosynthesis | the synthesis of organic compound from carbon dioxide and water using light energy absorber by the chlorophyll |