Quick quiz for 1200 ACT Words in 30 Days:- Day 1

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abate

(1)

v. E.g. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

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draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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aberrant

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n. E.g. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment.

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nook; small, recessed section of a room
repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
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abeyance

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n. E.g. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

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filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
support on which a lever rests; prop or support
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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abhor

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v. E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.

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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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abolish

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v. E.g. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation."

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draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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