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6 o7 V' T" z, m$ v& \2 a GRE Test vocabulary A abase
) p) T9 ]7 c% j; a& @" W5 t3 e[E5beis] v.
* j: A# H& |3 g0 L, W% @* Y[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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[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate
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[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
abbreviate
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[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
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[Abdi5keit] v.
, y- ~, E7 j2 h" e! q H2 u& C[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant
6 U8 X! O* k7 M( b[A5berEnt] adj.
' F; X: p9 l* m# `. c/ @+ Fabnormal 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.
2 Y) T' q, G+ Q7 g[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance - [* ?* `% `6 A; v) ]/ D9 n
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suspended action The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
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[5AbdVekt] adj.7 }4 d" ~3 }* m* l- y* a# U
wretched; lacking pride On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
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[Eb5dVuE] v.
' q6 X7 X0 c, B, L |6 f# T8 c @; b[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath He abjured his allegiance to the king.
ablution
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" I% Q6 ]3 N! n* O: Pwashing His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation
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1 Z8 K2 k/ u& a$ M' n6 J* n: Nrenunciation; 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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