Day 1 Flashcards

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Abase

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lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the
conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession
celebrating his triumph. abasement,

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Abash

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embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

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Abate

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/subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to
abate. abatement,

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Abdicate

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/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he
loved, he surprised the entire world.

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Aberrant

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abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the
entire experiment.

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Abet

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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the
swindle he had planned.

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Abeyance

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suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

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Abject

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/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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Abjure

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renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. abjuration,

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Ablution

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

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Abnegation

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repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his
refusal of any rewards for his discovery.

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Abortive

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/unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to
abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. abort

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Abrade

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wear away by friction; scrape; erode. The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so
she put iodine on her abrasions.

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Abridge

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condense or shorten. Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of
War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.

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Abrogate

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abolish. He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.

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Abscond

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depart secretly and hide. The teller who absconded with the bonds went
uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on “America’s Most Wanted.”

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Abstemious

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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian
son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.

18
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Abstruse

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/obscure; profound; difficult to understand. She carries around abstruse works
of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she
does.

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Abut

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border upon; adjoin. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.

20
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Abysmal

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bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance.