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abate
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1. Make less active or intense
2. Become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" |
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abeyance
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1. Temporary cessation or suspension
2. Suspended action |
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aberrant
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Noun
1. One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group Adj. 1. Markedly different from an accepted norm "aberrant behavior" |
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abscond
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1. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
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abstemious
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1. Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
"the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious" 2. Marked by temperance in indulgence "abstemious with the use of adverbs" ANT:gluttonous |
