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abase
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v. lower; humiliate
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defeated, queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph.
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abash
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embarrass
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he was not at all abashed by her open admiration
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abate
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subside; decrease, lessen
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rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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when edward abdicated the Britiah throne to matry the woman hr loved, he surprised the entire world
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abduction
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kidnapping
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the movie Ransom describes the attemps to rescue a multimillionaire's son after tje child'd abduction by kidnappers
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment
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abet
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage.
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she was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned
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abhor
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detest, hate
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she abhorred all forma of bigotry
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abject
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wretched, lacking pride
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on the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddlinh in doorways to find shelter from the wind
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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abnegation
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repudiation; self sacrifice
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abominable
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detestable; extremely unpleasant
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aboriginal
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being the first of its kind in a region
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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless
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abrade
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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abrasive
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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abridge
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condence or shorten
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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absolve
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pardon (an offense)
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abstain
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refrain; to hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and dinking; temperate
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abstinence
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refraint from eating or drinking
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abstruse
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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abut
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border upon, adjoin
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absymal
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bottomless
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accede
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agree
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accentuate
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emphasize; stress
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acclimate
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adjust to climate
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accolade
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award of merit
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accomplice
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partnter in crime
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accord
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agreement
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre
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equip
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech and temper
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acetic
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vinegary
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acidulous
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slightly sour; sharp; caustic
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acme
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top
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acoustics
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to heat in
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acquiesce
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assent, agree without protesting
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acquittal
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deliverance from a charge
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acrid
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sharp; bitterly pungent
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acrimonious
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bitter in words or mannerr
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