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abate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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aberrant
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment.
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line around an area to enclose or guard it
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
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abeyance
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
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suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
convenient features; courtesies
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
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abhor
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
charge; accuse formally of a crime
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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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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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
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