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abase - answer ✅✅(v.) to humiliate, cause to feel shame; (v.) to hurt
the pride of
abash - answer ✅✅(v.) to embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed
abate - answer ✅✅(v.) to make less active or intense; (v.) to become
less in intensity
abdicate - answer ✅✅(v.) to give up power
,aberration - answer ✅✅(n.) an aberrant state or condition; (n.) a
disorder in a person's mental state; an optical phenomenon which
results from the failure of a mirror or lens to produce a good image
abet - answer ✅✅(v.) to assist or encourage, , often in the case of
wrongdoing; (v.) to support, uphold, or maintain; (v.) to contribute
to the commission of an offense
abeyance - answer ✅✅(n.) a temporary suspension or cessation;
(n.) a temporary suppression
abhor - answer ✅✅(v.) to find repugnant, or to shrink back with
dislike or horror
abjure - answer ✅✅(v.) to reject something; (v.) to retract an oath;
(v.) to recant
aboriginal - answer ✅✅(n.) an original inhabitant of any land; (n.)
an animal or plant native to the region
abortive - answer ✅✅(adj.) failing to accomplish an original intent
or goal; (adj.) imperfectly formed or developed; (n.) something that
is born prematurely; (adj.) made from the skin of a still-born animal
,abscond - answer ✅✅(v.) to run away, often taking someone or
something along; (v.) to hide, withdraw or be concealed
absolve - answer ✅✅(v.) to release from moral wrongdoing; (v.) to
grant remission of a sin
abstain - answer ✅✅(v.) to refrain from engaging in a certain act;
(v.) to voluntarily refrain from, especially when having to do with
an act involving the appetite or senses
abstemious - answer ✅✅(adj.) sparing in consumption of,
especially in relation to food and drink; (adj.) marked by
moderation in indulgence
abyss - answer ✅✅(n.) a gulf or pit that is either bottomless or
which possesses an unfathomable and inconceivable depth; (n.)
infinite time
abysmal - answer ✅✅(adj.) boundless and vast; (adj.)
unfathomable
accede - answer ✅✅(v.) to give into or yield to someone else's
wishes or desires; (v.) to be in accordance with; to agree
acclivity - answer ✅✅(n.) an upward grade or slope, on the earth
, accolade - answer ✅✅(n.) to praise; (n.) a symbol that signifies
distinction or approval; (n.) a ceremony that was formerly used to
bestow knighthood
accoutre - answer ✅✅(v.) to provide with military equipment
accretion - answer ✅✅(n.) an increase brought about by natural
growth; (n.) an increase in a beneficiary's awarded portion of an
estate
acetic - answer ✅✅(adj.) containing or relating to acetic acid;
vinegary smell or taste, particularly in relation to wine
acidulous - answer ✅✅(adj.) tasting sour like
acme - answer ✅✅(n.) the highest degree or level attainable, the
highest point of something; mature age; (n.) the crisis or height of a
disease
acquiescence - answer ✅✅(n.) acceptance without resistance or
protest; assent or submission; (n.) in criminal law: submission to an
injury by the injured party
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