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abase
2 O1 S- D1 U$ p: y5 I[E5beis]

v.
4 S# y8 {4 \/ z/ P" W. L- G[abased; abased; abasing] lower; degrade; humiliate

Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him, however she refused to abase herself.

abash
[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
[E5beit]

v.
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

abbreviate
$ ~7 r: Y/ U3 X5 b; T6 J4 A[E5bri:vieit]

v.
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

abdicate
3 B9 e' ]& s! A/ ~( \8 ]4 N[Abdi5keit]

v.
[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.

aberrant
6 b3 U1 c6 Q8 \[A5berEnt]

adj.
- Q" ?* j; k/ E) Rabnormal or deviant

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.

abet
[E5bet]

v.
% m! ]# [1 T( J9 K[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

abeyance
! C% r. s6 n* G4 _) ~" E[E5beiEns]

n.
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
[5AbdVekt]

adj.
7 ]8 F4 C+ f" Hwretched; lacking pride

On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

abjure
% \- p8 Y! N  G( k! @/ F9 z% t' Q[Eb5dVuE]

v.
  k: z5 ]! [! ?. w# j  H[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
/ _" J1 p- n+ e/ F- H# Q[E5blu:FEn]

n.
washing

His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."

abnegation
[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
renunciation; self-sacrifice

Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to wed the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom.