Terms in this set (989)
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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 -
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 -
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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 -
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 -
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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 -
Answer✓✓
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his
wicked predecessor.)
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abnegation -
Answer✓✓
(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 -
Answer✓✓
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Quiz____?
abase -
Answer✓✓
(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to
bow down to his conqueror.)
Quiz____?
abate -
Answer✓✓
(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
1
, Quiz____?
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.)
Quiz____?
abduct -
Answer✓✓
(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy home.)
Quiz____?
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.)
Quiz____?
2
, 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 -
3
, 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 -
Answer✓✓
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his
wicked predecessor.)
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abnegation -
Answer✓✓
(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 -
Answer✓✓
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