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abate
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V. subside or moderate.
Rather than leaving immediately they waited for the store to abate. |
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aberrant
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ADJ. abnormal or deviant.
Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the vailidity 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 Americas Most Wanted. |
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abstemious
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ADJ. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
Concerned whether her vegetarian son's |
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admonish
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V. warn; reprove.
He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways.admonishion, N. |
