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abase | (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and _____d, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.) |
abate | (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then _____d.) |
abdicate | (v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king _____d his throne.) |
abduct | (v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers _____d the fairy princess from her happy home.) |
aberration | (n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, by the success turned out to be an ______, and the Red Sox did not win the World Series again in the 20th century.) |
abet | (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to _____ him.) |