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abase
6 `0 l* ^8 w' V! q[E5beis]

v.
4 z+ Q% E7 z) h% S( `; 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
$ W5 t& G4 Z  d: r[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
! k3 D! ~; D2 l7 f[E5beit]

v.
2 }$ \7 q0 M6 |5 ~4 Y[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
1 @7 R9 }- B* X* d; }- o4 O" X1 t[E5bri:vieit]

v.
' n7 ?- U6 A/ ~- T6 Y+ q[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
" k- S6 s6 W% `5 r1 K% _: B, A[Abdi5keit]

v.
[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
/ z$ p9 f- G# R  t6 D[A5berEnt]

adj.
! r  H* K& t1 K& V5 C* M  oabnormal or deviant

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

abet
[E5bet]

v.
[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
[5AbdVekt]

adj.
, R0 u8 Y9 U/ {, wwretched; lacking pride

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

abjure
[Eb5dVuE]

v.
. w" @; v/ N+ y[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
' L! k/ i- T6 ]( y[E5blu:FEn]

n.
, b1 Z% ?8 q4 z% [washing

His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."

abnegation
. v) T% j- `% Z2 d- X[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
& V, G$ d3 W  ]) p+ V4 [0 I# Z2 yrenunciation; 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.