learn a new word each week and use it

Ok, that is today’s word. It’s the first word from the 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know list.

ab·jure ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-jr)
tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures
To renounce under oath; forswear.
To recant solemnly; repudiate: abjure one’s beliefs.
To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from: “For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain ‘Mr.’” (Time). 5 years ago

I will be getting a daily email of a new word. I will stick to one word a week so what I’m emailed on Sundays I’m going to use for the whole week. 6 years ago