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abase
[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
[E5bAF]

v.
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
[E5beit]

v.
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
6 J, v4 Z8 C* a  F% f* E, _[E5bri:vieit]

v.
4 H. `* e! A$ {8 Q% F8 V[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
% t7 ?; @3 I) I& ^[Abdi5keit]

v.
[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant
) E$ s6 p& m. y3 S' Y: R[A5berEnt]

adj.
: O' R6 T, z8 m+ s, r' i* _: M% oabnormal or deviant

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

abet
[E5bet]

v.
3 e" d( l0 h& _! F/ u$ q[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
& S$ m3 y, C7 R. [) g. S[E5beiEns]

n.
# O. g; s/ A! w/ f1 w6 D% ^5 b0 K  K* Csuspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
' D. s4 r3 ~$ J8 Y  [3 Y, X[5AbdVekt]

adj.
: V( L- |8 K9 lwretched; lacking pride

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

abjure
- u( P" y- y5 X/ V, C9 E! P/ c[Eb5dVuE]

v.
* W* Q1 b) k9 j: B[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
[E5blu:FEn]

n.
0 A5 {  E0 L9 \washing

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

abnegation
2 N7 s( p' p( j% R: y: b* @[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
0 P4 u. I# a  }$ d) ]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.