Abate To Activism

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

1. I hope this medicine will abate the pain in my leg. 🔉
2. In time, his anger will abate, and he will forgive you. 🔉
3. With any luck, the storm will abate soon so we can still have our picnic. 🔉
4. The firemen sprayed water on the burning house to abate the structural damage. 🔉
5. After my massage, I felt my stress level abate a great deal. 🔉
6. Even though the unemployment rate continues to abate, voters are still unhappy with the president’s economic plan. 🔉
7. Because the paparazzi kept following the celebrity around town, the media coverage did not seem as though it would ever abate. 🔉
8. I married my husband because I know my love for him will never abate. 🔉
9. By adding an extra lane to the highway, we can abate the traffic congestion during rush hour. 🔉
10. The diet pill is supposed to abate my appetite. 🔉

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

1. The young prince became king after his older brother decided to abdicate the throne. 🔉
2. Because the mother chose to abdicate her role as a parent, her children have become the terrors of the neighborhood. 🔉
3. Of course, it is easier to abdicate your responsibilities than to be a good citizen. 🔉
4. Since the dictator of that country will not simply abdicate his position, we must go to war to remove him from power. 🔉
5. When his company’s stock price dropped under a dollar, the CEO decided to abdicate his title and leave the firm. 🔉
6. Because of a sex scandal, the president had no choice but to abdicate his office. 🔉
7. It is obvious from the bad behavior of these children that their parents have chosen to abdicate their jobs as good role models. 🔉
8. Angry at her husband, the wife decided to abdicate her household position of cook and cleaner for a whole week. 🔉
9. Although my daughter is getting married to a wonderful man today, it is still very hard for me to abdicate my role as her protector. 🔉
10. On her ninetieth birthday, the queen will abdicate her throne and let her oldest son become king. 🔉

Question 3

Aberrant

Answer 3

1. John’s aberrant behavior is going to get him in a lot of trouble one of these days. 🔉
2. When the astronomer looked into the telescope, he was shocked by the sight of a star moving in an aberrant path. 🔉
3. If my aunt does not take her medication, she will have aberrant mood swings. 🔉
4. Sarah’s aberrant manners led to her being kicked out of the movie theater. 🔉
5. My unusual uncle has an aberrant way of tying his shoelaces. 🔉
6. Because my daughter has aberrant eating habits, she often eats dinner very late at night. 🔉
7. When the plane blew up during takeoff, it was an aberrant outcome that no one expected. 🔉
8. The drunken man’s aberrant conduct drew the police officer’s attention. 🔉
9. Once my nephew started using drugs, he began to behave in an aberrant fashion. 🔉
10. An aberrant growth of body cells is often a symptom of cancer. 🔉

Question 4

Abhor

Answer 4

1. I know it’s silly, but I absolutely abhor washing the dishes. 🔉
2. I abhor the idea of bugs crawling on my skin! 🔉
3. While some people love speaking to an audience, most people abhor the thought of public speaking. 🔉
4. Because my father was an abusive alcoholic, I abhor all forms of liquor. 🔉
5. If you abhor mathematics so much, why not switch majors? 🔉
6. Work at a job that you love, not one that you abhor. 🔉
7. I abhor the way some people have a picnic and leave their trash after leaving. 🔉
8. Michelle would abhor being the bearer of most jokes. 🔉
9. As an animal-rights activist, I abhor people who abuse and neglect their pets. 🔉
10. Taking out the trash is a chore many kids abhor. 🔉

Question 5

Abjure

Answer 5

1. After the tyrant took over the country, the citizens had to abjure their political beliefs. 🔉
2. In order to marry the peasant he loved, the prince made the decision to abjure his title. 🔉
3. Because John ignored his parents’ plea to abjure a life of crime, he ended up in prison by making bad choices. 🔉
4. Although chocolate cake is Martha’s favorite dessert, she has chosen to abjure it while on her diet. 🔉
5. Because the lawyer felt his potential client was uncooperative, he decided to abjure the case and let another attorney handle it. 🔉
6. Even though Tom made a promise to abjure from criminal acts, he continued to break the law. 🔉
7. While the military leader claimed to abjure unnecessary violence, he was quick to send his soldiers off to battle. 🔉
8. Because the heiress does not care about money, she will abjure her inheritance and request that it be donated to charity. 🔉
9. We could not believe it when Father Lawrence made the choice to abjure his faith and leave the church. 🔉
10. As part of my religious faith, I abjure meat and only eat vegetables and fruits. 🔉

Question 6

Abridge

Answer 6

1. His agent told him that he needed to abridge some of the content of his novel so that it would be under 400 pages. 🔉
2. Scott and Hillary agreed to abridge their story, leaving out some of the more frightening details so that their parents wouldn’t be worried about them. 🔉
3. When immigrants enter the county through illegal means, they find that the people in charge not only abridge their basic human rights, but they completely remove them. 🔉
4. Editors of some classic literature seem to take a lot of liberties when they abridge the content so that people with lower reading levels can understand what they’re reading. 🔉
5. Victor has his secretary go through each day’s mail so that she can abridge it into a manageable task by separating everything that can be handled by someone else. 🔉
6. Mr. Gibson asked me to abridge my report to the committee so that there would be time for questions. 🔉
7. If you abridge your testimony to include only the most important details, I think the jury will be more sympathetic to your case. 🔉
8. Even though the translation of the material is complete, you still need to abridge the amount of information so that it doesn’t overwhelm the students. 🔉
9. Despite Jerry’s efforts to abridge the amount of time he spends at the office, his friends always know where to find him when he’s not at home. 🔉
10. In writing a shorter edition of the history textbook, he was required to abridge some of the chapters on the presidents. 🔉

Question 7

Acme

Answer 7

1. At her acme, the singer was making over thirty million dollars a year. 🔉
2. The team reached its acme when it won the national championship. 🔉
3. Becoming the hospital administrator was the acme of William’s medical career. 🔉
4. When the emperor reached the acme of his power, he controlled twenty huge territories. 🔉
5. The author knew his writing career had reached its acme when his book became the bestselling novel in the country. 🔉