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abacus n. soroban
abandoned adj. cade, derelict, profligate
abate v. mitigate, palliate, quash
abdicate v. abjure, abnegate, demit
abject adj. craven, fawning, ignominious
able adj. habile
abnormal adj. heteroclite, preternatural
abnormality n. deuteropathy
abolish v. disestablish, extirpate
abominable adj. flagitious, odious
Abominable Snowman yeti
aborigine n. autochthon, indigenous inhabitant
abound v. exuberate
abridge v. attenuate, epitomize
abscond v. decamp
absent-minded adj.
distrait, distraite
absinth n. wormwood
absolute adj. 1. rank, unmitigated; 2. assoluta, inviolable,
peremptory
absolution, grant shrive
absorbent adj. bibulous
absorption n. immersion, prepossession
abstain v. eschew, forbear
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