8/18 To 9/4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Abrogate
Repeal or do away with law
Abjure
To renounce
Abstemious
Does not self indulge
Acumen
The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions
Antebellum
Occurring before the American civil war
Belie
Disguise
Auspicious
Conductive to Success
Bellicose
Showing aggression and willingness to fight
Bowdlerize
To remove improper
Chicanery
The use of trickery to achieve a political
Chromosome
Any several threadlike bodies, x and y for female and male
Churlish
Rude in a mean spirited way
Circumlocution
The use of many words where fewer would do
Circumnavigate
Sail all the way around
Deciduous
Fall off in maturity
Deleterious
Causing harm or damage
Diffident
Modest or shy, lack of self confidence
Enervate
Lacking in energy or vitality
Enfranchise
To give the right to vote
Epiphany
A sudden realization
Equinox
When the earth’s equator passes the center of the sun