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Noe Alarcon, Week 5
Vocabulary
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Literature
11th Grade
10/06/2011

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Term
abase
Definition

After being overthrown and abased, the deposed 

leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.

 to humiliate, degrade

ə-ˈbās

verb

Term
abate
Definition

The rain poured down for a while, then abated.

 to reduce, lessen

ə-ˈbāt

verb



Term
aberration
Definition

In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won 

the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox 

have not won a World Series since.

 something that differs from the norm

a-bə-ˈrā-shən

noun

Term
abet
Definition

The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the 

inside to abet him.

to aid, help, encourage 

ə-ˈbet

verb

Term
abhor
Definition

  Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head 

when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.

to hate, detest

əb-ˈhȯr

verb

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