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Abase |
Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone), humble, humiliate, demean, |
Verb, I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees |
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Abash |
Verb, Make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed |
Harriet looked slightly abashed |
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Abate |
(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread; make something less intense; reduce or remove (a nuisance)(LAW) |
Verb, the storm suddenly abated |
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Abbreviate |
Shorten; shorten the duration of; cut short |
Verb, I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge |
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Abdicate |
Renounce one's throne; fail to fulfill or undertake |
Verb, the government was accused of abdicating it's responsibility |
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Aberrant |
Departing from an accepted standard; (biology) diverging from the normal type |
Adjective, the somewhat aberrant behaviour requires an explanation |
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Aberration |
A departure from what is normal, usual or expected, typically an unwelcome one; (Biology) a characteristic that deviates from the normal type; (optics) the failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror; (Astronomy) the apparent displacement of a celestial object from its true position caused by relative motion of the observer and the object |
Noun, They described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration |
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Abet |
Encourage our assist someone to do something wrong |
Verb, he was not guilty of murder but guilty of aiding and abetting others |
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Abeyance |
A state of temporary disuse or suspension;(LAW) the position of being without, or of waiting for, an owner or claimant |
Noun, matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries |
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Abhor |
Regard with disgust and hatred |
Verb, he abhorred sexism in every form |
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Abide |
Accept or act on accordance with; be unable to tolerate; (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost; live, dwell |
I said I would abide by their decision |
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Abject |
(of something bad) experienced or present to the max degree; extremely unpleasant and degrading; completely without pride or dignity; self abasing |
His letter plunged her into abject misery |
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Abjure |
Solemnly renounce |
Verb, MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance |
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Ablution |
An act of washing oneself |
noun, The women performed their ablutions |
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Abnegation |
The act of renouncing or rejecting something; self denial |
Noun, abnegation of political power |
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Abode |
A place of residence, a house or home; a stay, a sojourn; past of abide |
Noun (my humble abode); Verb |
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Abolish |
Formally put an end to |
Verb, the tax was abolished in 1977 |
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Abominable |
Causing moral revulsion; very bad, terrible |
Adjective, the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty |
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Abominate |
Detest, loathe |
Verb, they abominated the very idea of monarchy |
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Aboriginal |
Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times; relating to the Australian aborigines or their languages |
Adjective - an aboriginal inhabitant of a place; any of the numerous Australian aboriginal languages |
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Abortive |
Failing to produce the intended result; rudimentary, arrested in development |
Adjective- the rebel officers who led the abortive coup were shot |
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Abrasive |
Capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing it grinding; showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh |
Adjective- the wood should be rubbed down with find abrasive paper |
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Abridge |
Shorten without losing the sense; curtail |
Verb; An abridged text of his speech, even the right to free speech can be abridged |
