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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abbreviate
    shorten
  3. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  4. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  5. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  6. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  7. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  8. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  9. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  10. abolish
    do away with
  11. abominate
    find repugnant
  12. aboriginal
    having existed from the beginning
  13. abortive
    failing to accomplish an intended result
  14. abrasive
    causing irritation or erosion by friction
  15. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  16. abrogate
    revoke formally
  17. abscission
    the act of cutting something off
  18. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  19. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  20. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  21. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  22. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  23. abstinence
    the trait of refraining from something, especially alcohol
  24. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  25. abstruse
    difficult to understand
Created on Wed Mar 11 13:26:52 EDT 2009

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