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abase
+ B3 J/ D  E8 Q; B7 p4 x, D[E5beis]

v.
1 D4 k( I4 i" c1 y* C[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
[E5bAF]

v.
* c/ E# F/ E0 z, ~) V[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
[E5beit]

v.
/ `# h& k4 l7 o2 E: F- ^* p! R[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
[E5bri:vieit]

v.
, B: g( E0 b6 J+ o" ~! V: s* B[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
# w- y; n) J; J6 V  N7 r. b7 c: [[Abdi5keit]

v.
+ q( Q! W/ v: w; S) j5 s1 b; ~" d[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
, D0 o( V! C8 z% N* `  i6 _) ^" a' t[A5berEnt]

adj.
abnormal or deviant

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

abet
[E5bet]

v.
+ @& |- m1 @6 m! Q" ^[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
' I% \. K; O# x1 S( L1 c[E5beiEns]

n.
, f4 R+ T! V) r) Asuspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
" z: S4 E- |1 j) \$ O, c2 Y% 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
[Eb5dVuE]

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

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
[E5blu:FEn]

n.
. t/ N5 `; g3 b! T' x& w: E& B) ^  Owashing

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

abnegation
[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
* v" _9 t4 S' k1 t- brenunciation; 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.