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abase v. 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 ----- herself.
abash v. embarrass. He was not at all ----- by her open admiration.
abate v. subside or moderate. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to -----.
abbreviate v. shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to ------ her speech.
abdicate v. renounce; give up. When Edward VIII ----- the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant v. abnormal or deviant. Given the ----- nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
aberration n. abnormality; departure from the norm; mental irregularity or disorder. It remain the consensus among investors on Wall Street that current high oil prices are a temporary ----- and that we shall soon see a return to cheap oil.
abet v. assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to ----- him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance n. suspended action. The deal was held in ----- until her arrival.
abhor adj. detest; hate. She ----- all forms of bigotry.

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Creator tim987
Created February 24, 2008
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Tags barrons, gre, word, list
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  1. abash → v. embarrass. He was not at all ----- by her open admiration. - 2 misses
  2. abate → v. subside or moderate. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to -----. - 1 miss
  3. abbreviate → v. shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to ------ her speech. - 1 miss
  4. abdicate → v. renounce; give up. When Edward VIII ----- the British throne, he surprised the entire world. - 1 miss
  5. aberration → n. abnormality; departure from the norm; mental irregularity or disorder. It remain the consensus among investors on Wall Street that current high oil prices are a temporary ----- and that we shall soon see a return to cheap oil. - 1 miss
  6. abet → v. assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to ----- him in the swindle he had planned. - 1 miss
  7. abeyance → n. suspended action. The deal was held in ----- until her arrival. - 1 miss