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GRE Test vocabulary A abase % f# W1 g( j6 b
[E5beis] v.6 V8 o D2 S2 }- g7 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
# L& [; V: g f: a* |6 \[E5bAF] v.
. |+ U3 [3 o: }* S$ a[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate : e& B: q& i( M! R! J
[E5beit] v.
1 s7 f. E9 o% Y[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
abbreviate 6 D% o6 o8 Z+ B# Q3 J
[E5bri:vieit] v./ g, d2 s3 j. w
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
abdicate * y) _9 d1 |+ R
[Abdi5keit] v., n, P5 ]! ]/ f5 a/ b5 L' \9 f
[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant 6 d, p" U1 p, T ?; i
[A5berEnt] adj.# \, }' P5 O$ T# I
abnormal or deviant Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
abet 7 \0 f) ~/ A4 m; r W1 A
[E5bet] v.
( N/ x; M }% f4 p M+ Q; Q[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance ) a! E; f) m3 l( i+ x9 c) q# s
[E5beiEns] n., H, Z+ }4 I- o3 r
suspended action The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
abject
/ ]* `. S/ q# P! x5 }" Z8 W5 I[5AbdVekt] adj.
: r+ Z! n" F7 y- H+ zwretched; lacking pride On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
abjure
' }7 h5 k" s& q; |/ f d[Eb5dVuE] v.
# \- e# y! U6 P: K[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath He abjured his allegiance to the king.
ablution 1 }, m3 u4 r( |& u
[E5blu:FEn] n.& `3 i( V4 ^' l& ^, \: R
washing His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation ' s a9 Q" W, H! |0 p) f
[Abni5geiFEn] n.
$ n' [' Z6 o# [3 G* n* B; frenunciation; 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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