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| to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity |
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| to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
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| abstemious [ab-stee-mee-uhs] |
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| characterized by abstinence; sparing |
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| acumen [uh-kyoo-muhn, ak-yuh-] |
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| antebellum [an-tee-bel-uhm] |
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| before or existing before the war, esp. the American Civil War |
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| auspicious [aw-spish-uhs] |
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| promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
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| to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent |
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| inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious |
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| bowdlerize [bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-] |
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| to amend (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
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| chicanery [shi-key-nuh-ree] |
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| trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry(false argument) |
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