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abjure |
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v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
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abrogate |
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v. revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
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abstemious |
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a. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence |
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chicanery |
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n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
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chromosome |
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n. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
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circumlocution |
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n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something |