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ab ovo \ab-OH-voh\, adverb:
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From the beginning.
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abate \uh-BAYT\, verb:
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1. to make or become less in force or intensity; decrease or diminish
2. to be at an end; become null and void 3. to deduct from something; reduce |
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abecedarian \ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-uhn\, noun:
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1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a beginner.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. 3. Pertaining to the letters of the alphabet. |
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abed \uh-BED\, adverb:
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In bed.
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aberrant \a-BERR-unt; AB-ur-unt\, adjective:
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Markedly different from an accepted norm; Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; abnormal.
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abeyance \uh-BAY-uhn(t)s\, noun:
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Suspension; temporary cessation.
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ablaut \ABH-lout\, noun:
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the systematic substitution of one root vowel sound for another in different inflectional forms or derivatives of a word, as in ring, rang, rung
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abnegate \AB-nih-gayt\, transitive verb:
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1. To refuse or deny oneself; to reject; to renounce.
2. To give up (rights, claims, etc.); to surrender; to relinquish. |
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abominate \uh-BOM-uh-nayt\, transitive verb:
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To hate in the highest degree; to detest intensely; to loathe; to abhor.
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aborning \uh-BOR-ning\, adverb:
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1. While being produced or born.
2. Being produced or born. |
