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Abase |
To humiliate or cause shame "My colleagues were abasing themselves in front of the board of trustees" |
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Abate |
To lessen or decrease something "The storm suddenly abated" |
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Abdicate |
To retire or renounce; to give up ones thrown "They were accused of abdicating their responsibility" |
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Aberrant |
Deviant or different from the norm "She was seemingly aberrant and therefore, publicly shamed" |
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Abeyance |
Something suspended or temporarily unused "His problematic opinions were held in abeyance pending later discussions about why misogyny is terrible" |
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Abhor |
To find something repugnant or hatred towards it "I abhor racists" |
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Abjure |
To renounce or reject "She refused to abjure Catholic beliefs" |
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Abscission |
To cut something off |
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Accede |
To accept or comply with "The institution acceded to the protestors demands" |
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Accretion |
Natural growth or increase (like natural layering over time) "Geologists may study accretions of sediment in a certain area" |
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Acerbic |
Sour or bitter in taste "Grapefruits just taste acerbic and unappetizing to me, but to the rest of the group, they taste scrumptious" |
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Acme |
The highest point of something "Intersectionality is the acme of activism" |
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Acumen |
To be shrewd or astute based on keen insight Celeste and Delaney possessed enough academic acumen to get high marks on the GRE |
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Admonish |
To scold "Although over the top, the kindergarteners were admonished for not wanting to take naps during nap time" |
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Adumbrate |
To summarize or give the main points of something "In her blog article, she adumbrated her research without giving away too many details" |
