College English A Vocab Pre-test

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To formally abolish (revoke)

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abrogate

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Keen insight (discernment)

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acumen

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adj. promising success

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auspicious

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v. to contradict (misrepresent)

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belie

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Eager to fight (pugnacious)

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bellicose

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Remove objectionable content from a work (to expurgate)

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bowdlerize

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Artful deception (subterfuge)

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chicanery

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adj. lacking manner (boorish)

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churlish

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v. to travel around

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circumnavigate

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Harmful to health (injurious)

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deleterious