Lesson 1 Flashcards
(10 cards)
ABASH
verb - to embarrass, to make ashamed
ex. I felt abashed by the fact that I didn’t know how to play cards.
related words: to do something abashedly, unabashedly
ABATE
verb - reduce
ex. My pain abated gradually as I got treatment for it.
related words: tax abatement (noun)
ABDICATE
verb - to step down from a position of power or responsibility
ex. I abdicated all my responsibilities.
ex. 2 King Edward VIII abdicated.
ABERRATION
noun - something uncommon, a deviation from the standard
ex. That kid with that mask was an aberration.
related words: to be aberrant (adjective)
ABHOR
verb - to hate, detest something, but in a higher level, to view it with horror
ex. I abhor politicians who only care about themselves.
related words: to have an abhorrence (noun) of something, to find something abhorrent (adjective)
ABJECT
adjective - hopeless, desperate, defeated
ex. I was crushed by a abject humiliation after the party
related expression: “abject poverty”, 90% of the use of this word
ABNEGATE
verb - to renounce, reject, to not allow yourself to have something valuable or desired; someone, give up on yourself
ex. I abnegated all my responsibilities
related words: (self-)abnegation
ABRIDGE
verb - to shorten, to condense something
ex. My summary was so long that I had to abridge it
related words: abridgment (noun) - a work that has been condensed; abridged (adjetive) - an abridged dictionary
ABORTIVE
adjective - unsuccessful
ex. My attempt to do all of those things in one single day was abortive
related words: abort (verb) - end something before it is completed
ABSTRACT
adjetive - something theoretical, impersonal
ex. I liked the abstract of dating a boy, but I stepped out of it
