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abate
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v.
subside or moderate. abatement, n. |
Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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abberant
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adj.
abnormal or deviant. |
Given the abberant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment
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abrasive
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adj.
rubbing away; tending to grind down. abrade, v. |
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
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v.
condense or shorten. abade, v. |
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
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adj.
complete; totally unlimited; certain. |
Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to beheaad his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
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abstemious
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adj.
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. |
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
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adj.
theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational. |
To him, hunger was an abstract concept he had never missed a meal.
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abstruse
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adj.
obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to thing she does.
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accessible
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adj.
easy to approach; obtainable. |
We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.
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acclaim
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v.
applaud; announce with great approval. acclamation, acclaim, n. |
The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and lamented every American defeat
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