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Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

To decrease, reduce

NASA announced that it would delay the launch until the radiation from solar flares abated

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

To give up position, right or power

The appeals judge has abdicated his responsibility to review the findings of high court

Question 3

Aberrant

Answer 3

Deviating from what is normal

Aberrant rains

Question 4

Abeyance

Answer 4

Temporary suppression or suspension

A good judge must hold the judgement in abeyance until all the facts in the case have been presented

Question 5

Abject

Answer 5

Miserable, pitiful

The documentary filmmaker was accused of using misleading footage to make it appear that nearly everyone in the country lived in abject conditions

Question 6

Abjure

Answer 6

To reject, abandon formally

An immigrant becoming a US citizen must take an oath abjuring allegiance to any other country and pledging to defend the unites states

Question 7

Abscission

Answer 7

The act of cutting

The senior surgeon performed the difficult abscission

Question 8

Abscond

Answer 8

To depart secretly

A warrant is out for the arrest of a person believed to have absconded with three million dollars

Question 9

Abstemious

Answer 9

Moderate in appetite

M’s. Johnson abstemious lifestyle helped her to amass a fortune

Question 10

Abstinence

Answer 10

The giving up of certain pleasures