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Abase
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to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
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Abash
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to embarrass, to feel ashamed
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Abate
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reduced
the agony abated/subsided you should say subsided |
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Abdicate
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To step down from a position of power
sort of to resign |
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Aberration
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not typical, a deviation from the standard
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Abet
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to support somebody who did something wrong
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Abeyance
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temporarily stop
My dad's warning stopped me from going to the movies in abeyance. |
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Abhor
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to hate a ton
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Abjure
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to refrain from doing something
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Abnegate
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to deny things to yourself.
Self-abnegation is giving up on yourself. |
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Abomination
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disaster
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Aboriginal
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something native
so first They were the aboriginal/first residents |
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Abortive
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unsuccessful
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Abound
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to be numerous of
so.. Fish abound in the ocean. |
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Abridge
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to shorten or condense
He abridge his math solution to make it easier for people to understand. |
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Abrogate
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to nullify some important thing.
Only important people can do this. The general abrogated the law that said they do not attack first. |
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Absolute
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total;unlimited;without doubt
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Absolve
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to forgive when they did something bad
I absolved the man for his crimes. |
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Abstinent
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voluntarily not doing something
Mary abstains working ever since she won the lottery. |
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Abstract
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theoretical
not physical |
