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abase
[E5beis]

v.
9 O' h8 K# `0 X7 F, _9 M3 x9 ~[abased; abased; abasing] lower; degrade; humiliate

Anna expected to 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.

abash
8 E' n" n5 _+ s# {) M/ C[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
; {* I# Z, y( T5 k0 C- d5 w[E5beit]

v.
9 J7 q, \; j( O[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

abbreviate
5 J% x# @% S* B$ T: d[E5bri:vieit]

v.
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

abdicate
9 l4 m/ k. v6 X$ R1 N6 I+ k[Abdi5keit]

v.
% O) Y; a5 \" M! N. x" t[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.

aberrant
( _+ \2 \9 Q/ [0 Z7 e/ W[A5berEnt]

adj.
! c( g0 [2 d4 G9 `) m0 Yabnormal or deviant

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

abet
[E5bet]

v.
$ Y0 P/ _7 }' j* l; l8 E/ Q6 x[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

abeyance
[E5beiEns]

n.
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
3 x1 A- v) L* L4 ?/ z4 l[5AbdVekt]

adj.
wretched; lacking pride

On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

abjure
1 f" I( F2 L8 B* Q+ c[Eb5dVuE]

v.
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
6 q: h% C! V# j; b  e[E5blu:FEn]

n.
' n  U) h5 ^( i- s3 ?; v3 ]washing

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

abnegation
[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
( d/ W# k2 z4 x* s2 Crenunciation; self-sacrifice

Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to wed the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom.