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| v. lower, degrade, humiliate. Russ. унижать/унизить (себя) Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King, when told to cast herself on the ground before him, she refused to abase herself. abasement. n. |
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| v. embarrass. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed: смущать/смутить + вин. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration. BASH-FUL |
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v. subside or moderate. In English used both transitively and intransitively. Rather than leaving immediately they waited for the storm to abate.
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
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to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
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to suspend or extinguish (an action).
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to annul (a writ).
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to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
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to omit: to abate all mention of names.
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to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
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to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. The pain in his shoulder finally abated.
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| v. shorten. сокращать/сократить или делать короче. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech. |
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adj. abnormal or deviant. искаженный. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
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departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
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| v. assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned. AB(away from) E.T. AWAY FROM E.T. WHO WANTS TO DO GOOD |
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| n. suspended action. ожидание,временное бездействие 1. temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while. AT BAY!! |
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| adj. wretched; lacking pride. польный, крайный 1 [attributive] (of a situation or condition) extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading:abject poverty # (of an unhappy state of mind) experienced to the maximum degree:his letter plunged her into abject misery # 2 (of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing:an abject apology. покорная просьба о прощении |
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| v. renounce upon oath; disavow. Pressure from university authorities caused the young scholar to abjure his heretical opinions. abjuration, n. AB (away from) JUR (under oath). disavow yor previous opinions |
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| n. the act of washing oneself (often used for humorously formal effect) his daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in Bath" WASH YOURSELF WITH AB-LOTIONS! |
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| n. renunciation; self-sacrifice. Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to wed the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom. AB-NEGATION - GOING AWAY FROM NEGATION. MARTYR. TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM. |
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| v. loathe; hate. Moses scolded the idol worshipers in the tribe because he abominated the custom. |
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| adj., n. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. |
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| adj. unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. abort, v. |
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| adj. rubbing away; tending to grind down. шлифующий Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, a brasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience. abrade. v.abrade |
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| v. abolish. отменять. The king intended to abolish the decree made by his predecessor. AWAY FROM THE ROUGE!! |
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| n. removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation. When a leaf or flower separaates naturally from the parent plants, the process is called abscission or leaf fall. |
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v. depart secretly and hide. Intransitive + w/.The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on America's Most Wanted. # leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft:she absconded with the remaining thousand dollars # (of someone on bail) fail to surrender oneself for custody at the appointed time. # (of a person kept in detention or under supervision) escape:176 detainees absconded. AB(away from, from)-SCONNED - HE WAS CONNED AND RAN AWAY HRRIEDLY AND SECRETLY
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| v. pardon (an offense). The father confessor absolved him of his sins. absolution. n JUST PARDONING AN OFFENSE GOES AWAY FROM SOLVING IT. |
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| adj. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstenious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him. not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking:“ We only had a bottle. ” “ Very abstemious of you. ” |
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| adj. theoreticl; not concrete; nonrespresentational. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he ad never missed a meal. |
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| adj. obscure; profound; difficult to understand. Baffled by the abstruse philosophical texts assigned in class, Dave asked Lexy to explain Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.AB-STRU(AWAY FROM BUILDING - DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, OBSCURE) THOSE THINGS DON'T BUILD. |
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| v. border upon; adjoin. intransitive. граничить с. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence. A BUTT UP TO THE BORDER. |
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| adj. bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance. бедзонный. AN ABYSS IS BOTTOMLESS |
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| v. agree. (give in to) If I accede to this demand for blackmail, I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands. соглашаться на (удовлетворение требований и т. п.) |
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| n. additional object; useful but not essential thing. She bought an attractive handbag as an accessry for her dress. also adj. |
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| v. applaud; announce with great approval. громко аплодировать. The sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat. acclamation, n. |
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| n. sharp upslope of a hill. The car could not go up the acclivity in high gear. A-CLIFF-ITY |
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| n. award of merit. In Hollywood, an "Oscar" is the highest accolade. A COOL-AID IS GIVEN AS AN AWARD |
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| v. oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt. Mitch always did everything possible to accommodate his elderly relatives, from driving them to medical appointments to helping them with paperwork. (secondary meaning) |
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| n. partner in crime. Because he had provided the criminal with the lethal weapon, he was arrested as an accomplice in the murder. |
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| n. agreement. She was in complete accord with the verdict. Rom. a pune de accord. |
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| v. approach and speak first to a person. When the two young men accosted me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me. A-COST (APPROACH AND SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT "A-COST" |
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| v. equip. intransitive. The fishermen were accoutred with the best that the sporting goods store could supply. accoutrement,n. |
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| n. growth; increase. Over the years Bob put on weight; because of this accretion of flesh, he went from size M to size XL. accrete, v. |
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| v. come about by addition. прирастать/прирасти You must pay the interest that has accrued on your debt as well as the principal sum. accrual, n. |
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| adj. bitter or sour in nature; sharp and cutting, forthright (in comment or style of speaking). Noted for her acerbic wit and gossiping, Alice Roosevelt Longworth had a pillow in her home embroidered with the legend... ASEERT-BIC A FORTHRIGHT, FRANK PERSON ASSERTS |
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| n. bitterness of speech and temper. The meeting of the United Nations Assembly was marked with such acerbity that observers held little hope of reaching any useful settlement of the problem. |
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| adj. vinegary. The salad had an exceedingly acetic flavour. |
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| adj. slightly sour; sharp; caustic. James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and acidulous remarks. |
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| n, peak; pinnacle; highest pointl. Welles's success in Citizen Kane marked the acme of his career as an actor; never again did he achieve such popular acclaim. ACNE - HIGHEST POINT IN TEENAGE SUFFERING |
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| v. assent; agree passively. Although she appeared to acquiesce to her employer's suggestions, I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made. acquiescence, n; acquiescent, adj. |
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| n. deliverance from a charge. оправдание, оправдательный приговор. His acquittal by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty. acquit, v. |
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| adj. sharp; bitterly pungent. едкий. The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired. A-CRUD? |
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| adj. bitter in words or manner. The candidate attacked his opponent in highly acrimonious terms. acrimony, n. ACRI-MONIOUS (THE OPPOSITE OF HARMONIOUS) |
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| n. fear of heights. A born salesman, he could convince someone with a bad case of acrophobia to sign up for a life membership in a sky-diving club. ACROPOLIS - MANY HIGH BUILDINGS. FEAR OF HEIGHTS. |
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| adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics. According to recent actuarial tables, life expectancy is greater today than it was a century ago. FINDING OUT ACTUAL!! |
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| v. motivate. приводить в действие. I fail to understand what actuated you to reply to this letter so natstily. ACT-UATE - MAKE YOU ACT!! |
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| n. sharpness. In time his youthful acuity of vision failed him, and he needed glasses. |
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| n. mental keenness. Her business acumen helped her to succeed where others had failed. |
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| adj. quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe. острый. The acute young doctor realized immediately that the gradual deterioration of her patient's once-acute hearing was due to a chronic illness, not an acute one. YOU NEED OSTRIY SENSES TO SEE THROUGH JUST AN ACUTE ANGLE. |
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| n. wise saying; proverb. There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.ADD-AGE (ADD AGE MAKES A GOOD PROVERB) |
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| adj. hard; inflexible. непоколебимый. adamant (ro). In this movie Bronson played the part of a revenge-driven man, adamant in his determination to punish the criminals who destroyed his family. adamancy, n. |
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| v. alter; modify. trans/intrans. приспосабливать/приспособить. a adapta. some species of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a changing environment. |
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| n. addition; appendix to book. Jane's editor approved her new comparative literature text but thought it would be even better with an addendum on recent developments in literary criticism. |
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| v. muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. сбивать с толку. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle anyone. addled, adj. TAKING THE P OFF OF THE PADDLE WILL DRIVE ANY BOATER CRAZY, MUDDLE THEIR EFFORTS, AND MAKE THEM ROT IN THE LAKE |
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| v. direct a speech to; deal with or discuss. Due to address the convention in July, Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech. |
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| adj. expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. also n. |
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| n. supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator's one-time adherents quietly deserted him. |
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| n.s something (generally nonessential or inferior) added on or attached. приложение. Although I don't absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as a nadjunct to my desktop model. also adj. |
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| n. solemn urging. Her adjuration to tell the truth did not change the witnesses; testimony. adjure, v. urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something:I adjure you to tell me the truth |
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| n. staff officer assisting the commander; assistant. Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his cheif adjutant, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all the major decisions. AD (to, forward) JUD (justice) ANT. THE RIGHT-HAND OFFICER TO THE ANT KING! |
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| v. warn; reprove. предостерегать. When her courtiers questioned her religious beliefs, Mary Stuart admonished them, declaring that she would worship as she pleased. |
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| adj. skillful. her adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased her employers. A-DROIT (AT THE RIGHT - SKILLFULL, EXPERTFULLY) |
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