Vocabulary Flashcards

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abase (v.)

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to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)

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abate (v.)

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to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)

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abdicate (v.)

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to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.)

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abduct (v.)

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to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy home.)

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aberration (n.)

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something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.)

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abet (v.)

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to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)