Abase-Adverse

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

Subside or moderate. Rather than leaving quickly, they waited for the storm to abate

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Abeyance

Answer 3

Suspended action. Hostilities between the two nations have been in Abeyance since the arrival of the United Nations last month

Question 4

Abscond

Answer 4

Depart secretly and hide. The teller who had absconded with the bonds was finally captured when someone recognized them.

Question 5

Abstemious

Answer 5

Sparing in eating and drinking;temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son’s Abstemious diet was sufficient, the worried mother pressed food on him.

Question 6

Admonish

Answer 6

Warn; reprove. When Mary’s friends questioned her religious beliefs, Mary admonished them, declaring she would worship as she pleased.

Question 7

Adulterate

Answer 7

Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It’s a crime to adulterate food without informing the consumer.