to humiliate or degrade

Ex. After being, abased, she stopped tell her story.

to lessen or reduce

Ex. The rain finally abated after 4 hours of downpouring.

to give up a position, usually one of leadership

After 20 years of harsh rule, the king finally abdicated his thrown.

omething that differs from the norm 

(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.) 

 aid, help, encourage 

(The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the 

inside to abet him.)

(v.) 

 to hate, detest 

(Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head 

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

adj.) 

 wretched, pitiful 

(After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and 

breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.) 

(v.) 

 to reject, renounce 

(To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil 

policies of his wicked predecessor.) 

(n.) 

 denial of comfort to oneself 

(The holy man slept on the floor, took only 

cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.) 

(v.) 

 to cut down, shorten 

(The publisher thought the dictionary was too long 

and abridged it.) 

 2. 

(adj.) 

 shortened 

(Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the 

abridged version is longer than most normal books.) 

(v.) 

 to abolish, usually by authority 

(The Bill of Rights assures that the 

government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.) 

v.) 

 to sneak away and hide 

(In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the 

night with the secret plans.) 

(n.) 

 freedom from blame, guilt, sin 

(Once all the facts were known, the jury 

gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)