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- abase
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lower;degrade;humiliate
refused to abase herself in front of emperor - abash
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embarrass
he is not abashed by her open admiration - abate
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subside or moderate
waiting for the storm to abate - abbreviate
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shorten
abbreviate your speech - abdicate
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renounce; give up
abdicate her title as queen - aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
odd and aberrant nature of data - aberration
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deviation from normal; mental irregularity or disorder
aberrations of behavior - abet
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assist in doing something evil
abet him on stealing jewlery - abeyance
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suspended action
The deal is held in abeyance until her arrival - abhor
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detest; hate
she abhor all men - abject
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wretched; lacking pride
homeless live in abject poverty - abjure
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renounce or severe upon oath
He abjured his tie with the king - ablution
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washing, shower
daily ablution with soap - abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
he peforms an act of abnegation to save someone - abolish
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cancel
abolish poison! - abominable
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adj,detestable
extremely unplesant
very bad - abominate
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V, loathe;
hate; - aboriginal
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adj,being the first of its kind in a region;
primitive;
native; - abortive
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adj,unsuccessful;
fruitless; - abrasive
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adj, rubbing away;
tending to grind down; - abridge
- v,condense or shorten;
- abrogate
- v. abolish
- abscission
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n. cutting off;
seperation - abscond
- v.depart secretly and hide
- absolute
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adj.complete;
totally unlimited;
certain; - absolve
- v. pardon
- abstain
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v. refrain;
withhold from participation - abstemious
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adj. sparing in eating and drinking;
temperate; - abstinenece
- N. restraint from eating or drinking
- abstract
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adj, theoretical;
not concrete; - abstruse
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adj, obscure;
profound;
difficult to understand. - abusive
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adj, coarsely insulting;
physically harmful. - abut
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v.border upon;
adjoin - abysmal
- adj,bottomless
- accede
- v.agree
- acclaim
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v ,applaud;
announce with great approval - acclimate
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v,adjust to climate or environmnet;
adapt - acclivity
- n,sharp upslope of a hill
- accolade
- n,award of merit
- accommodate
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v.oblige or help someone;
adjust or bring into harmony;
adapt - accord
- n.agreement
- accost
- v.approach and speak first to a person
- accoutre
- v.equip
- accretion
- n.growth;increase
- accrue
- v.come about by addition.
- acerbity
- n.biterness of word and temper
- acetic
- adj.vinegary
- acidulous
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adj.slightly sour;
sharp;
caustic - acme
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n.peak;
pinnacle;
highest point; - acoustic
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n.science of sound;
quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in - acquiesce
- v.agree passively; assent
- acquittal
- n.deliverance from a charge
- acrid
- adj.sharp;bitterly pungent
- acrimonious
- adj.bitter in words or manner
- acrophobia
- n.fear of heights
- actuarial
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adj.calculating;
pertaining to insurance statistics - actuate
- v.motivate
- acuity
- n.sharpness
- acumen
- n.mental keenness
- acute
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adj.quickly perceptive;
keen;
brief and severe - adage
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n.wise saying; proberb
"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me," the old adage goes - adamant
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adj. hard;
inflexible - addendum
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n.addition;
appendix to book - addle
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v.muddle;
drive crazy;
become rotten - adept
- adj.expert at
- adhere
- v.stick fast
- adherent
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n.supporter;
follower - adjunct
- n.something(nonessential or inferior) added on or attached
- adjuration
- n.solemn urging
- adjutant
- n.staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
- admonish
- v.warn;reprove
- adorn
- v.decorate
- adroit
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adj.skillful
Her adroit driving skill - adulation
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n.flattery;admiration
the rock star thrives on the adulation of his fans - adulterate
- v.make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
- advent
- n.arrival
- adventitious
- adj.accidental;casual
- adverse
- adj.unfavorable;hostile
- adversity
- n.poverty;mistortune
- advert
- v.refer(to)
- advocacy
- n.support;active pleading on behlaf of someone or something
- advocate
- v.urge;plead for
- aegis
- n.shield;defense
- aerie
- n.nest of a large bird of prey
- aesthetic
- adj.artistic;dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
- affable
- adj.easily approchable; warmly friendly;
- affected
- adj.artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress
- affidavit
- n.written statement made under oath
- affiliation
- n.joining;associating with
- address
- v.direct a speech to; deal with or discuss