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Aboriginal
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*(Adj., N) Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native.
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Her studies of the primitive art forms of the abriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.
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Abortive
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*(Adj) Unsucessful; fruitless.
*(V) Abort |
Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully.
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Abrade
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*(V) Wear away by friction; scrape, erode.
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The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so she put iodine on her abrasions.
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Abrasive
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*(Adj) 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
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*(V) 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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Abrogate
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*(Adj) Abolish
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He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.
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Abscond
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*(V) Depart secretly and hide.
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The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on "America's Most Wanted"
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Absolute
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*(Abj) Complete; totally unlimited; certain.
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Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he didn not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
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Absolve
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*(V) Pardon (an offense).
*(N) Absolution |
The father confedssor absolved him of his sins.
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Absorb
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*(V) Assimilate or incorporate, such or drink up; wholly engage.
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During the ninteenth century, America absorbed hordes of immigrants, turning them into productive citizens.
Can Huggies diapers absorb more liquid than Pampers can? This question does not absorb me; instead, it bores me. |
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Abstain
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*(V) Refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from action or practice.
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After considering the feect of alchol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race.
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Abstemious
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*(Adj) Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
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Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficent protein, the worried mother pressed food to him.
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Abstinence
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*(N) Restraint from eating or drinking.
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The doctor recommended totaly abstinence form salted foods.
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Abstract
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*(Adj) Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational.
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To him, hungar 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.
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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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