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abbreviate

(1)

v. E.g. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

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pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
make too low an estimate of the quantity; undervalue
make less severe or harsh; moderate
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aboard

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ad. E.g. He did make some calls aboard Air Force One, we are told, on his way back to from the Azores.

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likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
of or relating to or caused by gravitation
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle; in or into a group, organization, or business
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absentee

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n. E.g. Absentee voting begins 35 days before primary and general elections.

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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
one who is absent or not in residence
moving from one setting or context to another; moving very slightly
poison; poisonous secretion of animal, such as snake or spider; spite
something foretold or predicted; prophecy
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absolute

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a. E.g. Although the King was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without certain evidence.

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mixed; experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings
perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
of or relating to dimensions
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
puzzling; lacking clarity of meaning; complicated
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absorption

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n. E.g. I agree that the reader's absorption is a measure of good writing.

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proclaim; announces important news; messenger
modification; correction; act of altering
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
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