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Creado por Brayden Kirchner
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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| abjure | solemnly renounce |
| abrogate | repeal or do away with |
| abstemious | not self-indulgent esp when eating or drinking |
| acumen | the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain |
| antebellum | occurring or existing before a particular war |
| auspicious | conducive to success; favorable |
| belie | fail to give true notion or impression of; disguise or contradict |
| belie | fail to fulfill or justify; betray |
| bellicose | demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight |
| bowdlerize | remove material that is considered improper or offensive from that results in a weaker or less effective material |
| chicanery | the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose |
| chromosome | a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells carrying genetic info in the form of genes |
| churlish | rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
| circumlocution | the use of many words where fewer would do esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
| circumnavigate | sail all the way around |
| deciduous | shedding its leaves annually. Often contrasted with evergreen |
| deleterious | causing harm or damage |
| diffident | modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence |
| enervate | cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken |
| enfranchise | give the right to vote to; historical free |
| epiphany | the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12) |
| Equinox | Time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator when day and night are equal length |
| Euro | European currency |
| Evanscent | soon passing out of sight memory or existence; quickly fading or disappearing |
| Expurgate | remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a book or account |
| Facetious | Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant |
| Fatuous | silly and pointless |
| Feckless | lacking in efficiency or vitality |
| Fiduciary | involving trust, esp. with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary |
| Filibuster | An action such as prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures Historically a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country |
| Gamete | A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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