abdicate renounce; give up (position, right, or
responsibility)aberrant abnormal or deviantaberration deviation
from the normal; mental disorderabet assist usually in doing
something wrong; encourage
abeyance suspended actionabhor detest; hateabide dwell; abide
by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide bythe rules; Ex.
I can't abide rude people.abject (of a condition) wretched; as low
as possible; lacking pride; veryhumble; showing lack of
self-respect; Ex. abject apologyabjure renounce upon oathablution
washingabnegation renunciation; self-sacrifice;
self-abnegationabode dwelling place; home
abolish cancel; put an end toabominable detestable; extremely
unpleasantabominate loathe; hateaboriginal being the first of its
kind in a region; primitive; native;indigenous; N.
aborigineabortive unsuccessful; fruitlessabrasive rubbing away;
tending to grind downabridge condense or shortenabrogate
abolishabscission cutting off; separation
abscond depart secretly and hideabsolute complete; totally
unlimited; having complete power; certain; notrelative; Ex.
absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutismabsolve pardon (an
offense)abstain refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally
not use one'svote;abstemious sparing in eating and drinking;
temperate
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abstinence restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or
drinking; CF.abstention: act of abstaining from voteabstract
theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationalabstruse obscure;
profound; difficult to understandabusive coarsely insulting;
physically harmfulabut border upon; adjoinabysmal bottomlessabyss
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pitacademic related to a school;
not practical or directly usefulaccede agreeaccelerate move
fasteraccessible easy to approach; obtainableaccessory additional
object; useful but not essential thingacclaim applaud; praise;
greet with great approval; announce with greatapproval; Ex. The new
drung has been acclaimed as the most importantdiscoveries for
years; N: strong expression of approval and praiseacclimate adjust
to climate or environment; adaptacclivity sharp upslope of a hill;
OP. declivityaccolade award of merit; strong praise and
approvalaccommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into
harmony;adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative;
CF.accomodating: helpful and obligingaccomplice partner in
crimeaccord agreement
accost approach and speak first to a personaccoutre equip; N.
accoutrementhelloaccretion growth or increase in size by gradual
addition; growth;increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers
and other accretions ofthe castle; V. accreteaccrue come to one as
a gain; accumulate over time; come about byaddition; Ex. benefits
that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interestaccruing in a
bank account; N. accrualacerbity bitterness of speech and temper;
ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (intaste, manner, or tone)
acetic vinegaryacidulous slightly sour (in taste or manner);
sharp; causticacknowledge recognize; admitacme peak; pinnacle;
highest pointacne skin disease (on the face)acoustics science of
sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard tohear in
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acquiesce assent; agree passively; comply without protest
