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What is Abjure?
Which word would go in the sentence?
The conventions of the ______ South.
a. belie b. antebellum c. bellicose d. enervate
What is Antebellum (b)?
Definition: remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), esp. with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective.
1. What is the word?
2. Is it considered a noun, adjective, or verb?
1. What is Bowdlerize?
2. What is Verb?
What is the definition for the word circumnavigate?
What is sail all around (something, esp. the world) * humorous go around or across (something)?
Ways to remember the word Enervate?
What is ENERgy, is VAcaTing your body?
Which word would go in the sentence?
A proposal to ______ temporarily the right to strike.
a. belie b. abstemious c. abrogate d. enervate
What is Abrogate (c)?
Definition: 1. (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict.
2. fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation); betray
What is Belie?
What is the definition for the word Chicanery?
What is the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose?
Ways to remember the word Deciduous?
What is Think of it as leaves hitting the deck. Deciduous December (since leaves shed in the fall/winter)
Definition: modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
What is the definition for the word Abstemious?
What is not self-indulgent, esp. when eating and drinking?
Ways to remember the word Auspicious
What is the opposite of suspicious (good)?
Definition: a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
What is Chromosome?
Which word would go in the sentence?
His admission came after years of ___________
a. circumlocution b. deciduous c. deleterious d. circumnavigate
What is Circumlocution (a)?
Definition: the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi
*the festival commemorating this on January 6 *a manifestation of a divine of supernatural being *a moment of sudden revelation or insight
1. What is the word?
2. Is it considered a noun, adjective, or verb?
1. What is Epiphany?
2. What is Noun?
Definition: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.
1. What is the word?
2. Is it considered a noun, adjective, or verb?
1. What is Acumen?
2. What is Noun?
What is the definition for the word Bellicose?
What is demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight?
Ways to remember the word Churlish
What is It rhymes like girlish so you shouldn't be rude to someone who acts girlish?
or
What is Churlish has the word hurl in it which is bad meaning churlish is bad?
Definition: (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually. Often contrasted with evergreen.
*informal (of a tree or shrub) broad - leaved.
*denoting the milk teeth of a mammal, which are shed after a time.
What is Deciduous?
Which word would go in the sentence?
A proposal that foreigners should be __________ for the local election.
a. enervate b. enfranchise c. diffident d. epiphany
What is Enfranchise (b)?
Ways to remember the word Acumen
What is Sounds like “IQ-Man”, which relates
to the words’ definition?
Definition: occurring or existing before a particular war, esp. the American Civil War
1. What is the word?
2. Is it considered a noun, adjective, or verb?
1. What is Antebellum?
2. What is Adjective?
Which word would go in the sentence?
It seems _____ to complain
a. chromosome b. chicanery c. churlish d. bowdlerize
What is Churlish (c)?
Definition: causing harm or damage : divorce
1. What is the word?
2. Is it considered a noun, adjective, or verb?
1. What is Deleterious?
2. What is Adjective?
What is the definition for the word Enervate?
What is cause (someone) to feel drained or energy or vitality; weaken?