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abase (Verb)		lower; humiliate. Defeated by cold and hunger in Russia, Napoleon's army abased itself as a military force.

abash (Verb)		embarrass; humble. Suffering a lopsided defeat abashed our team.

abate (Verb)		subside; decrease. It took weeks after the Hurricane Katrina for the water level in the city of New Orleans to abate.

abbreviate (Verb)		condense; shorten. Arguing that readers value quantity over quality, the publisher asked me to abbreviate the novel.

abdicate (Verb)		renounce; give up. Wishing to marry an American divorcee, King Edward abdicated the throne.

abduction (Noun)		kidnapping. seizure. During the lawlessness of civil war, abductions became commonplace.

aberrant (Adjective)		abnormal; deviant. Modern science can't explain some of the nature's aberrant occurrences.

abet (Verb)		assist; encourage. It is a felony to abet criminals who are wanted by the police.

abeyance (Noun)		suspended action; temporary inactivity. A sudden loss of electricity left the entire city in abeyance.

abhor (Verb)		detest; hate. Just because she played a joke on you, does not mean you should abhor her.

abject (Adjective)		wretched; miserable. Despite a global economic upturn, many people around the world continue to live in abject poverty.

abjure (Verb)		renounce; disavow. Once captured, the rebel leader immediately abjured violence and called on his supporters to turn themselves in.

ablution (Noun)		washing. Believing that water washed away good luck, many people during the Middle Ages avoided ablution.

abnegate (Verb)		deny oneself; relinquish. The monarch decided to abnegate his rule for the sake of his people.

abolish (Verb)		cancel; eliminate. Upon coming to power, Augusto Pinochet abolished elections and ruled Chile as a dictator.

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