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Abate
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Abate to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
As the hurricanes force abated, the winds dropped and the sea became calm Similar meanings: Ebb Moderate Subside Laps Relent Let up Slacken Wane |
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Adulterate
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Adulterate - to make impure.
"The restaurateur made his ketchup last longer by adulterating it with water" Related: Unadulterated-pure, Adultery-an illicit relatioship; an affair Similar: doctor, debase, load |
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Aberrant
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Aberrant deviating from what is normal or expected.
Since he had been a steady, cheerful worker for many years, his fellow postal workers did not expect his aberrant burst of range. Similar: Abnormal Divergent Anomalous Errant Deviant Irregular |
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Abstain
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Abstain - to choose not to do something.
"During Lent, practicing Catholics abstain from eating meat." Similar: forbear, refrain, withhold |
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Abscond
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Abscond - to leave secretly
"to patron absconded from the restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking out the back door." Similar: flee, decamp, escape |
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Abyss
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Abyss - an extremely deep hole
"The submarine dove into the abyss to chart the previously unseen depths." Similar: chasm, void Related : Abyssal (pertaining to great depth) and Abysmal - extremely bad |
