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abase -
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(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered
to bow down to his conqueror.)
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abate -
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(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
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abdicate -
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(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the
revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)
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abduct -
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(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy
home.)
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aberration -
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(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World
Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a
World Series since.)
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abet -
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(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to
abet him.)
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abhor -
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(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried
to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.)
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, abide -
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1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to abide by
it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they've taken from the weather throughout the
millennia, the mountains abide.)
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abject -
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(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and breaking her
ankle, Eloise was abject.)
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abjure -
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(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his
wicked predecessor.)
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abnegation -
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(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold showers,
and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)
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abort -
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(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After they ran out of food, the men,
attempting to jump rope around the world, had to abort and go home.)
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abridge -
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1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long and
abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the abridged
version is longer than most normal books.)
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abrogate -
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(v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot
abrogate our right to a free press.)
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abscond -
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(v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with
the secret plans.)
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absolution -
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abase -
Answer✅
(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered
to bow down to his conqueror.)
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abate -
Answer✅
(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
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abdicate -
Answer✅
(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the
revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)
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abduct -
Answer✅
(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy
home.)
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aberration -
Answer✅
(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World
Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a
World Series since.)
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abet -
Answer✅
(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to
abet him.)
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abhor -
Answer✅
(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried
to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.)
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, abide -
Answer✅
1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to abide by
it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they've taken from the weather throughout the
millennia, the mountains abide.)
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abject -
Answer✅
(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and breaking her
ankle, Eloise was abject.)
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abjure -
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(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his
wicked predecessor.)
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abnegation -
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(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold showers,
and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)
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abort -
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(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After they ran out of food, the men,
attempting to jump rope around the world, had to abort and go home.)
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abridge -
Answer✅
1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long and
abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the abridged
version is longer than most normal books.)
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abrogate -
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(v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot
abrogate our right to a free press.)
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abscond -
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(v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with
the secret plans.)
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absolution -
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