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abridge
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v. to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long and abridged it.)
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abstemious
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. sparing in eating and drinking
(Concerned whether her vegetarian son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him) |
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abstract
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adj. theoretical; not concrete
(To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal) |
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abstruse
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adj. theoretical; not concrete
(To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal) |
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accessible
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adj. theoretical; not concrete
(To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal) |
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acclaim
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n. high praise
(Greg’s excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.) |
