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' u0 D% e$ a5 ?# p! S$ H+ r) C) Q GRE Test vocabulary A abase
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[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
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9 {/ ^& }% R8 h) [1 j1 Y[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
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[E5beit] v.4 F5 q7 F, |% \8 s- }1 u2 |) o
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
abbreviate
! a2 B$ J% R- M4 Z[E5bri:vieit] v.
5 w+ [2 }& ^7 F: K9 K8 e/ l% G[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
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[Abdi5keit] v.
) k9 f: K% K# W" Y) |[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant
2 A0 W1 N4 W6 ]" o1 C[A5berEnt] adj.0 Z$ i9 E& n3 k- b
abnormal or deviant Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
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[E5bet] v.# K* t' J3 b: `: V8 @% N3 L# ?( c
[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance
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c0 J: m; n9 G1 g! lsuspended action The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
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[5AbdVekt] adj.2 K B$ p" O8 d7 O2 ]9 Y
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 2 L3 E6 w$ b5 w7 q; b
[Eb5dVuE] v.% V5 ?3 i+ J. f6 y' T$ I0 }& \
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath He abjured his allegiance to the king.
ablution 3 k& l" e9 |; V$ V! W$ H a% I
[E5blu:FEn] n.
6 R+ u, @6 i; ]washing His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation 9 w1 Y) I) j* [3 o& J7 r
[Abni5geiFEn] n.
+ e- U7 g4 G1 E3 \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.
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