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- ABACUS
- frame with balls for counting
- ABASE
- lower; degrade; humiliate
- ABASH
- embarrass
- ABATE
- to lessen; subsude
- ABBREVIATE
- shorten
- ABDICATE
- renounce; give up (authority)
- ABDICATION
- giving up control or authority
- ABDOMEN
- stomach and bowels
- ABBERANT
- abnormal or deviant
- ABBERATION
- straying away from what is normal
- ABET
- help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
- ABEYANCE
- suspended action
- ABHOR
- to hate; to detest
- ABIDE
- be faithful to; endure
- ABJECT
- wretched; lacking pride; showing lack of self-respect
- ABJURE
- promise to give up
- ABLUTION
- washing
- ABNEGATION
- self-sacrifice
- ABODE
- dwelling place; home
- ABOLISH
- cancel; put an end to
- ABOMINABLE
- detestable; extremely unpleasant
- ABOMINATE
- loathe; hate
- ABORIGINAL
- being the first of its kind in a region
- ABORTIVE
- unsuccessful; fruitless
- ABRADED
- rubbed off
- ABRASION
- rubbing, scraping, wearing off
- ABRIDGE
- shorten, condense
- ABROGATE
- repeal or annul by authority
- ABSCISSION
- cutting off; separation
- ABSCOND
- to go away suddenly and hide
- ABSOLUTE
- complete; certain
- ABSOLVE
- pardon
- ABSTAIN
- refrain; withhold from participation
- ABSTEMIOUS
- temperate; sparing in drink
- ABSTINENCE
- restraint from pleasant things
- ABSTRACT
- theoretical; not concrete
- ABSTRUSE
- difficult to comprehend; obscure
- ABUNDANT
- plentiful
- ABUSIVE
- coarsely insulting; physically harmful
- ABUT
- border upon
- ABYSMAL
- bottomless; extreme
- ABYSS
- enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
- ACADEMIC
- related to school; not practical or directly useful
- ACARPOUS
- no longer fertile
- ACCEDE
- agree
- ACCELERATE
- move faster
- ACCENTUATE
- give more force or attention to
- ACCESSIBLE
- easy to approach; obtainable
- ACCESSORY
- additional object; useful but not essential thing
- ACCLAIMED
- welcomed with shouts and approval