ABEYANCE

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival

Suspended action

ABSTEMIOUS

Concerned wheter her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him

ADMONISH

When her courties asked her religious beliefs, she adnomished them, declaring that she would abminished as she pleased

AGGREGATE

Before the Wall Street Scandals, delears in so called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time

ANARCHY

The assassination of the leaders lead to a period of anarchy

ANTIPATHY

Tom's extreme antipathy for disputes keeps him from getting into arguments with his temperamental wife

APATHY

A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understant the apathy of people who never bothered to vote

APPRISE

When Nasea was apprised with the weather conditions, the head of the space agency decided to postpone the launch

ARTLESS

His artless comment indicates the child's innocent surprise at her grandmother's changed appearance

ASSIDUOUS

It took him weeks of assiduous labor before he was satisfied with his portrait of his soon

AUTONOMOUS

BANAL

He even resorted to the banality of having of having someone slip on a banana peel

BELIE

His coarse, hard-bitten exterior belied his internal sensitivity

BOORISH

Though he constantly interrupted his wife, she ignored his boorished behavior

BURNISH

The made burnished the brass fixtures until they reflect the lamlight

BUTTRESS

Debaters buttress their arguments with facts

CODA

The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that brought together various motifs