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abase
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lower, degrade, humiliate
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He refused to abase himself before the king.
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abate
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subside, moderate
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I had no umbrella so I had to wait for the rain to abate.
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Abdicate
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renounce; give up
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The king abdicated his thrown to hand it over to his brother
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abet
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assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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his friend refused to abet him in his plan to rob the bank
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abeyance
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suspended action
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before the president arrived, the meeting was in abeyance
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abhor
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detest; hate
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He abhored all those who lied to him
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abject
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wretched; lacking pride
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He was horrified by the abject poverty he saw on the streets of Shanghai
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abjure
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renounce upon oath; disavow
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pressure from the church caused Galileo to abjure his scientific views
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ablution
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washing
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her daily ablution is accompanied by her singing
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abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
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the Vietnamese brides' abnegation to wed Taiwanese men were necessary, in their views, to bring money to their families
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