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abase
1 o+ d7 i8 F) d( J( Q0 ]% p7 u[E5beis]

v.
' p' G7 U) _' y/ H# P[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
1 M) u  F, l" D- w[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
& a% C3 Q4 K* w[E5beit]

v.
. V. D( ^& R- Z  ~0 K2 H& t[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
[E5bri:vieit]

v.
, r' ]: }: u( B. x5 r[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
$ y7 o3 X% F( B8 }[Abdi5keit]

v.
& l0 n& h" N- X9 D3 L5 x# l[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
[A5berEnt]

adj.
abnormal or deviant

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

abet
. s. r8 ?& N3 n: I2 L; Y: l[E5bet]

v.
* H" Q6 |  O7 J7 s" ], ~- S[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
[E5beiEns]

n.
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
/ k* E# M3 H1 F( h[5AbdVekt]

adj.
7 a9 z: t( o% g" ~) j' A# H4 y0 Nwretched; lacking pride

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

abjure
: }$ @# Z) g# U[Eb5dVuE]

v.
  x3 H2 f: M" Z/ J8 R[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
8 R3 u0 ?: G, ]  S[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.