abase | v. [унизить] humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem |
abash | v. [смущать] embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
abdicate | v. [отречься] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim |
abet | v. [подстрекать] aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
abjure | v. [отречься] renounce upon oath; abandon forever |
ablution | n. [омовение] washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
abnegate | v. [отказываться] give up or surrender; deny something to oneself |
abnegation | n. [отказ] repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others |
abrade | v. [обработать] wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
abridge | v. [Краткое] condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
abrogate | a. [отменить] abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
abscond | v. [скрыться] leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
abstemious | a. [воздержан] sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
acclimate | v. [акклиматизироваться] accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
acclivity | n. [подъем] upward slope, as of hill |
accolade | n. [награды] award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
accost | v. [приставать] approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
accouter | v. [одевать] equip; provide with military equipment |
accretion | n. [аккреции] growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
acerbity | n. [жесткость] the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
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