Unit 1

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

to decrease

ex: they will delay the launch until the radiation abated

Question 2

abdicate

Answer 2

to give up a position, right, or power

ex: the emperor was forced to abdicate the throne

Question 3

aberrant

Answer 3

deviating from what is normal

ex: for centuries solar eclipses were regarded as serious aberration

Question 4

abeyance

Answer 4

temporary suppression or suspension (معطل ماندن)

ex: a good judge must hold his judgement in abeyance until all the facts have been presented

Question 5

abject

Answer 5

miserable, pitiful

ex: his letter plunged her into abject misery

Question 6

abscission

Answer 6

the natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit.
“leaf abscission in trees”

Question 7

abscond

Answer 7

to depart secretly, runaway

“the barman absconded with a week’s takings”

Question 8

abstemious

Answer 8

indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink. پرهیزگار
“‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’”

Question 9

abjure

Answer 9

to reject, abandon formally

ex: MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance

Question 10

abstinence

Answer 10

the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex.
“I started drinking again after six years of abstinence”