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v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure


Spelling Word: abjure
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v. revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)


Spelling Word: abrogate
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n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)


Spelling Word: chicanery
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a. having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way


Spelling Word: churlish
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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate


Spelling Word: expurgate
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v. challenge the honesty or veracity of, bring an accusation against; level a charge against


Spelling Word: impeach
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a. with your identity concealed


Spelling Word: incognito
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a. lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity


Spelling Word: jejune
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a. excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal


Spelling Word: lugubrious
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n. type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus


Spelling Word: mitosis