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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abusive | rude or offensive; criticising rudely and unfairly: |
| Abut | to be next to something or to have one side touching the side of something (his land abuts onto a road) |
| Abysmal | extremely bad or of a very low standard (his manners are abysmal) |
| Abyss | A very wide deep space or hole that seems to have no bottom |
| Academia | The world of learning, teaching, research,ect |
| Academic | Connected with education, especially studying in schools, involving in a lot of studying and reading rather than practical or technical skills |
| Academician | A member of an academy |
| Accede | To agree to a request, proposal, to achieve a high position |
| Acceleration | An increase in how fast something happens |
| Abdicate | to give up the position of being king, queen. (He abdicated in favour of his son) |
| Abduct | to take somebody away illegally, especially using force. |
| Abductee | a person who has been abducted |
| Abductor | a person who abducts somebody |
| Aberrant | not usual or not socially acceptable |
| Aberration | a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable |
| Abet | Somebody to help or encourage somebody to do something wrong. (He was abetted in the deception by his wife) |
| Abeyance | not being used, or being stopped for a period of time. |
| Abhor | to hate something, for example a way of behaving or thinking, especially for moral reasons |
| Abhorrence | a strong feeling of hating somebody/something, especially for moral reasons |
| Abhorrent | causing a strong feeling of hate, especially for moral reasons. (Racism is abhorrent to a civilised society) |
| Abide | something to dislike somebody/ something, so much that you hate having to be with or deal with them. ( i can't abide people with no sense of humour) ( he couldnt abide the thought of being cooped up in an office) |
| Ability | the fact that something/somebody is able to do something |
| Abiotic | not involving biology or living things (abiotic process) |
| Abject | terrible and without hope, without any respect for yourself |
| Abjure | to promise publicly |
| Ablaze | burning quickly and strongly (the whole building was ablaze)nfull of bright light or colour (they were lights still ablaze as they drove up to the house) Full of strong emotion or excitement (he turned to her, his eyes ablaze with anger) |
| Ably | well and with skill (we were ably assisted by a team of volunteers) |
| Abnormal | different from what is usual or expected, especially in a way that worries somebody or is harmful or not wanted. |
| Abnormality | a feature of characteristic in a persons body or behaviour that is not usual and may be harmful or cause illness or worry |
| Aboard | on or onto a ship, ship, bus or train |
| Abode | the place where somebody lives |
| Abolish | something to officially end a law, a system, or an institution (this tax should be abolish) |
| Abominable | extremely unpleasant and causing horror,( the judge described the attack as an abominable crime) |
| Abomination | a thing that is hated and considered extremely offensive |
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