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ablution |
n. a washing or cleansing, especially of the body |
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abnegate |
v. to renounce (a right or privilege) |
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abnormal |
adj. not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard |
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abominable |
adj. very hateful |
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abominate |
v. to hate violently |
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abomination |
n. a very detestable act or practice |
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aboriginal |
adj. primitive; unsophisticated |
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aborigines |
n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country |
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aboveboard |
adj. without concealment, fraud, or trickery |
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abrade |
v. to wear away the surface or some part of by friction |
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abrasion |
n. that which is rubbed off |
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abridge |
v. to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles |
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abridgment |
n. a condensed form as of a book or play |
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abrogate |
v. to abolish, repeal |
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abrupt |
adj. beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break |
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abscess |
n. a Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body |
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abscission |
n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation |
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abscond |
v. to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest |