Sat Vocab Abase-Adroit

Front 1

abase

Back 1

1.verb.
2.lower; humiliate.
3.The Queen was forced to abase herself before tne Romans.

Front 2

abash

Back 2

1.verb
2.embarass.
3. The star was not abashed by his fan's admiration.

Front 3

abate

Back 3

1.verb
2.subside; moderate; decrease; lessen.
3.They waited for the blackout to abate before they could play the movie.

Front 4

abbreviate

Back 4

1.verb
2.shorten.
3.The speaker had to abbreviate the speech because she was running out of time.

Front 5

abdicate

Back 5

1.verb
2.renounce; give up.
3.King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England to marry the woman that he loved.

Front 6

abduction

Back 6

1.noun
2.kidnapping.
3.The children of rich people get abducted by kidnappers for a ransom.

Front 7

abberant

Back 7

1.noun
2.abnormal or deviant.
3.Many of Leonardo de Vinci's paintings are abberant.

Front 8

abet

Back 8

1.verb
2.aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage.
3.She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle that he had planned.