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ABATE (V)
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subside or moderate
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Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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ABERRANT (ADJ)
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abnormal or deviant
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Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
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ABRASIVE (ADJ)
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rubbing away, tending to grind down
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Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience.
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ABRIDGE (V)
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condense or shorten
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Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.
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ABSOLUTE (ADJ)
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complete; totally unlimited; certain
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Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
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ABSTEMIOUS (ADJ)
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.
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ABSTRACT (ADJ)
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theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
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To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
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ABSTRUSE (ADJ)
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
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ACCESSIBLE (ADJ)
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easy to approach; obtainable
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We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.
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ACCLAIM (V)
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applaud; announce with great approval
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The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and lamented every American defeat.
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