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abate
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(v) subside or moderate
Rather than leaving immediately, thay waited for the storm to abate. |
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abberant
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(ADJ) abnormal or deviant.
Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment. |
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abeyance
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(N) suspended action
The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival. |
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abscond
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(v) depart secretly and hide.
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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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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admonish
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(v) warn; reprove.
When her courtiers questioned her religious beliefs, Mary Stuart admonished them, declaring that she would worship as she pleased. |
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adulterate
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(v) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.
It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beechnut had adulterated its apple juice by mixing the juice with water, they protested vigorously. |
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aesthetic
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(ADJ) artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.
The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Alice's aesthetic sense. |
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aggregate
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(v, ADJ) gather, accumulate.
Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time. |
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alacrity
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(N) cheerful promptness; eagerness.
Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity. |
