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GRE Test vocabulary A abase # i& l& m; W, g$ R3 n# {: i) N
[E5beis] v.
# Y8 w0 L$ {8 O0 Q[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
! o- u: k+ \" \) W# {" v4 _- `[E5bAF] v.
! y$ e1 V6 B! E6 B[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate / f* d" L4 P2 B8 s8 l. k! J; O
[E5beit] v.6 _7 [$ [4 k: C& M5 I4 f
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
abbreviate - V. F3 q2 P. [: s' _
[E5bri:vieit] v.+ V* n5 ^& y- y s
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
abdicate ) A! m% j Y8 z+ t$ g7 P
[Abdi5keit] v.
' H: G0 x) M& ~% q. i+ _[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant 3 p7 g7 P0 M# h# G
[A5berEnt] adj.
) {/ w$ z% s3 {) babnormal or deviant Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
abet - }) j6 [( q. ]8 i4 O# X+ A
[E5bet] v.8 W Z5 p( p' W4 \+ L
[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance
3 N' \" y" ]" ?# P2 f. \[E5beiEns] n.
( y& t W6 Y0 G4 [; Hsuspended action The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
abject ( c0 |2 F8 k2 @) {
[5AbdVekt] adj.4 j( l' i6 t5 c* G% Q0 y
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 & m9 c: s$ l2 @+ m% @1 c
[Eb5dVuE] v.
: z$ E* d- v; S! u3 ?) @[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath He abjured his allegiance to the king.
ablution
; @! \, ~1 q; X1 o' G0 V z[E5blu:FEn] n.; ~ r H5 r; \9 r' Q( I
washing His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation $ K, Y! w, p* l$ K
[Abni5geiFEn] n.1 @) g5 g) e; W4 F2 e; f( A; k/ P3 E
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.
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