vocab

• abase


  lower; humiliate
• abash


  embarrass
• abate


  subside; decrease, lessen
• abbreviate


  shorten
• abdicate


  renounce; give up
• abduction


  kidnapping
• aberrant


  abnormal or deviant
• abet


  aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
• abeyance


  suspended action
• abhor


  detest; hate
• abject


  wretched; lacking pride
• abjure


  renounce upon oath
• ablution


  washing
• abnegation


  repudiation; self-sacrifice
• abolish


  cancel; put an end to
• abominable


  detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
• aboriginal


  being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
• abortive


  unsuccessful; fruitless
• abrade


  wear away by friction; scrape; erode
• abrasive


  rubbing away; tending to grind down
• abridge


  condense or shorten
• abrogate


  abolish
• abscond


  depart secretly and hide
• absolute


  complete; totally unlimited; certain
• absolve


  pardon (an offense)
• absorb


  assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage
• abstain


  refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
• abstemious


  sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
• abstract


  theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
• abstruse


  obscure; profound; difficult to understand
• abundant


  plentiful; possessing riches or resources
• abusive


  coarsely insulting; physically harmful
• abut


  border upon; adjoin
• abysmal


  bottomless
• abyss


  enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
• academic


  related to a school; not practical or directly useful
• accede


  agree
• accelerate


  move faster
• accentuate


  emphasize; stress
• accessible


  easy to approach; obtainable