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abase
7 |3 e* b) c5 _/ v/ b3 v) `. b[E5beis]

v.
0 d6 e+ y( I" X[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
5 e7 P: h! G/ w* u9 m[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
# Y6 B0 u  v+ h' R3 {( E3 {; t, }, o[E5beit]

v.
& x0 o; O9 m" [5 m1 _0 \: n[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
* t# }1 v5 G& Y; `( M+ C8 o' ~[E5bri:vieit]

v.
- j5 S) j, u6 K4 a& j- W[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
[Abdi5keit]

v.
& A0 Z' h- }' \+ F[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
[A5berEnt]

adj.
' k4 H- P( U* cabnormal or deviant

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

abet
, ]1 u+ G6 O; R3 [% w: ][E5bet]

v.
$ F; W# q. G& Z0 h: A) S/ d[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
[E5beiEns]

n.
, N+ Q7 `- }% Z7 I0 V5 E5 N+ N  \suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
[5AbdVekt]

adj.
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
6 _6 }# l: v6 _- Y9 l1 C6 C4 m4 y[Eb5dVuE]

v.
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
[E5blu:FEn]

n.
- j( m) K9 L" ^3 b5 wwashing

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.