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abase
[E5beis]

v.
6 I, S6 b* T0 S0 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
2 y: O  L1 p6 [6 s7 K+ u[E5beit]

v.
5 \+ _, W! K. N5 y5 p- }- X6 Q[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
[E5bri:vieit]

v.
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
5 D2 B$ t7 V" Q5 B# u* \/ I[Abdi5keit]

v.
- G- u3 h& A9 {4 Q: k6 v3 Q6 N[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
# ^+ R$ \9 R0 a& G# R$ a" ]! s[A5berEnt]

adj.
5 \6 X7 I- V* c/ T* D" ?abnormal or deviant

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

abet
7 C5 e9 p2 z3 \9 k1 ?$ I8 V/ `* r[E5bet]

v.
' [( T3 t; K$ V1 [, ^! w[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
, c8 R, j( C; x5 t[E5beiEns]

n.
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
[5AbdVekt]

adj.
- I, w5 x1 J4 W0 ]wretched; lacking pride

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

abjure
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v.
% u6 z3 K+ l8 ~" O; z. ]! h[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
( o0 w9 T. j9 }* l9 \$ K; \* N, f# a[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.