Aa

Question 1

aback- to be taken aback

Answer 1

to be shoked or surprised by sb/sth

Question 2

abacus

Answer 2

a frame with small balls which slide along wires

Question 3

abandon yourself to sth (literary)

Answer 3

to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else

Question 4

abasement (formal)

Answer 4

the act of making someone seem less important or less deserving of respect

Question 5

abashed

Answer 5

embarrassed/ ashamed bc of sth that you’ve done

Question 6

abatement

Answer 6

a reduction in the amount or degree of sth

Question 7

abbey

Answer 7

a large church together with a group of buildings in which monks or nuns live or lived in the past

Question 8

abduct

Answer 8

kidnap

Question 9

aberrant

Answer 9

not usual or not socially acceptable

Question 10

abet (-tt-) ~sb

Answer 10

to help or encourage sb to do sth wrong

Question 11

in abeyance (formal)

Answer 11

not being used/ being stopped for a period of time

Question 12

abhor (-rr-) ~sth

Answer 12

detest/ loathe

Question 13

abhorrent

Answer 13

repugnant

Question 14

can not abide sb/sth

Answer 14

bear/ stand

Question 15

to the best of my ability

Answer 15

as well as i can

Question 16

abject

Answer 16

terrible and without hope