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Graduate
07/31/2007

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Term
Abrogate
Definition
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

abrogate synonyms:
abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. Law: extinguish. See continue


abrogate etymology:
AB - Away + Rogate - to ASK
Term
Abominate
Definition
To detest thoroughly; abhor.

abominate synonyms
To regard with extreme dislike and hostility: abhor, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe. See love

abominate etymology
Ab = Away + Omen = bad Sign + ate
Term
Longanimity
Definition
Patience, forbearing, long-suffering.

Also keep in mind that today's word applies to all animate beings, "Fido waited by his dish for his evening meal with longanimous enthusiasm."

long-us "long" + animus "soul" + noun suffix -itas.
Term
Invious
Definition
Definition: Impassable, inaccessible, without paths or roads.

"My friends and I love hiking the invious areas of the Colorado Rockies."

EG: "My friends and I love hiking the invious areas of the Colorado Rockies."

Etymology: Latin in- "not" + via "way, road"
Term
Gainsay
Definition
To contradict, oppose or deny

EG: "I daresay don't gainsay all I say".

gain "opposite" + sayen "say." "Gain" is also found in "again", "against" and "ungainly".
Term
feigned
Definition
1. Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty.
2. Made-up; fictitious.
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