Quizlet Ms. Dooby English Vocab. List 1

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  1. Abjure: To give up, abstain from, renounce under oath, recant solemnly
  2. Auspicious: Attended by favorable circumstances
  3. Bowdlerize: To expurgate prudishly
  4. Expurgate: To remove erroneous, vulgar or obscene material before publication, to purify
  5. Facetious: playfully jocular, humorous
  6. Homogeneous: Of the same or similar nature, or kind
  7. Jejune: Dull, lacking maturity or nutrition
  8. Lexicon: A stock of terms used in a particular profession
  9. Paradigm: A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them
  10. Quotidian: Everyday, reocurring or recurring
  11. Supercilious: feeling or showing haughty disdain
  12. Unctuous: Characterized by affected, exaggerated or incinscere earnestness