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abase
: m* ]; a4 `1 f3 w[E5beis]

v.
[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 a" G9 i' l; p* M[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
[E5beit]

v.
+ F) C. ^: I  z[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
[E5bri:vieit]

v.
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
9 k% j2 r! U0 ~7 Q9 J- d7 \1 s! B[Abdi5keit]

v.
6 {) ?) Q% v. W7 Q[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
[A5berEnt]

adj.
% f, I! \6 b/ z2 u, e3 F, x; |abnormal or deviant

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

abet
[E5bet]

v.
[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
[E5beiEns]

n.
$ Z& y2 c4 Y- `  I- p; I1 Asuspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
) V/ T  f* [3 z2 s$ Q" n[5AbdVekt]

adj.
; I8 U3 k6 ^& pwretched; lacking pride

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

abjure
[Eb5dVuE]

v.
5 K. e/ {% C& {( B( y5 U% p[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
" ]4 o1 n1 ~' Q8 \' o[E5blu:FEn]

n.
washing

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

abnegation
: X* H0 |/ ~6 {+ ?$ L[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
renunciation; 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.