Word List A

Question 0

Abash

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Abase

Answer 1

Lower; degrade; humiliate. Anna expected 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.

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

Renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.

Question 4

Aberrant (adj.)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Aberration (n.)

Answer 5

deviation from the expected or the normal; mental irregularity or disorder. Survivors of a major catastrophe are likely to exhibit aberrations of behavior because of the trauma they have experienced.