Abjure (V): to Give up a Previously Held Belief; to Reject Or Avoid Something

Name: ______________________________Hour: ____________

Senior English A: Week 1

· Abjure (v): To give up a previously held belief; to reject or avoid something.

· Abrogate (v): To end an agreement or contract formally.

· Abstemious (adj): Not indulging in eating or drinking.

· Acumen (n): To make quick, accurate, intelligent judgments about people or situations.

· Antebellum (adj): Preceding a war, or characteristic of the time preceding a war.

· Auspicious (adj): Lucky signs or good omens promising success and happiness.

· Belie (v): To disguise the true nature of something; to show to be false.

· Bellicose (adj): Ready or inclined to quarrel, fight, or go to war.

· Bowdlerize (v): to remove parts of a work of literature that are considered indecent.

· Chicanery (n): deception or trickery, especially by the clever manipulation of language.

Part A: Match the word to its synonym:

1. Acumen _________ a. aggressive

2. Belie ________ b. sharpness

3. Bellicose ___________ c. trickery

4. Chicanery _________ d. fortunate

5. Abstemious _______ e. retract

6. Auspicious _______ f. contradict

7. Bowdlerize _______ g. dieting

8. Antebellum _______ h. deny

9. Abrogate _______ i. censor

10. Abjure _______ j. historical

Part B:

1. Ms. Benoit felt some of the short stories had offensive or objectionable content, so she had to ________________________ them, so no one got in trouble.

2. If you don’t wait until your lease is up to ___________________ it, there will be a penalty.

3. It’s so hard to be _____________________________ when the teachers bring in treats to the staff lounge.

4. When I found out I was wrong, I had to ______________________ my beliefs and form a new outlook on the situation.

5. Often there is a period of peace before a war, this period would be the ___________.

6. For the job interview, the boss had to use ________________ to decide who would get a second interview from just a few minutes of conversation.

7. I always get excited when I open my fortune cookie because it has an _______________ message that promises good things will happen for me.

8. During the football game, the two players had a very _____________________ nature and looked as if they might get into a fight at any moment.

9. Several of the seniors didn’t do their homework, so when Ms. Benoit came around to check their homework, they _____________d and said they left it at home.

10. At Halloween time a lot of kids will use ___________________ because the day is all about tricks, as well as treats.

Part C: Pick 5 of your vocabulary words and write sentences proving you understand the definition.

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