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COMPOSITION I Vocabulary

COMPOSITION I Vocabulary. 1. abjure , v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath; retract or reject usually under oath. 2. abrogate , v. To abolish, repeal; to do away with, annul. 3. abstemious , adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. 4.

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COMPOSITION I Vocabulary

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  1. COMPOSITION I Vocabulary

  2. 1. abjure, v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath; retract or reject usually under oath.

  3. 2. abrogate, v. To abolish, repeal; to do away with, annul.

  4. 3. abstemious, adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.

  5. 4. acumen, n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.

  6. 5. antebellum, adj. Existing before the Civil War.

  7. 6. auspicious, adj. Promising success; favorable or prophetic sign.

  8. 7. belie, v. To misrepresent.

  9. 8. bellicose, adj. Warlike.

  10. 9. bowdlerize,[bohd-luh-rahyz] v. To amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable.

  11. 10. chicanery,[shi-key-nuh-ree, chi-] n. Trickery or deception by quibbling; an argument used to deceive.

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