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▪Abash verb
\ ə-ˈbash \
: to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone).
Ex. He had never blushed in his life; no humiliation could abash him.—
Charlotte Brontë
▪Abductee noun
ab·duct·ee | \ ˌab-ˌdək-ˈtē \
: a person who has been abducted
Examples of abductee in a Sentence
In 1997, the 23-year-old Bourdin pretended to be teenage abductee Nicholas
Barclay of San Antonio, Texas, who had been missing for three years.—In
addition, more than 3,800 South Koreans have been abducted by North Korea
since 1953, according to advocacy groups for the families of South Koreans and
Japanese abductees.—
▪ Aberrant adjective
ab·er·rant | \ a-ˈber-ənt , ə-, -ˈbe-rənt; ˈa-bə-rənt, -ˌber-ənt, -ˌbe-rənt \
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1: deviating from the usual or natural type : ATYPICAL, ABNORMAL
ABERRANT behavior don't intend to suggest that his psychology was in some
way aberrant or neurotic …— Michael Chabon
2: straying from the right or normal way aberrant misfits
▪ abnegate verb
ab·ne·gate | \ ˈab-ni-ˌgāt \
1: DENY, RENOUNCE abnegated their God
2: SURRENDER, RELINQUISH abnegated her powers
▪ Abominable adjective
abom·i·na·ble | \ ə-ˈbäm-nə-bəl , -ˈbä-mə-\
1: worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : DETESTABLE
the abominable treatment of the poor an abominable crime
2: very bad or unpleasant
▪ Aborigine noun
ab·orig·i·ne | \ ˌa-bə-ˈrij-(ˌ)nē , -ˈri-jə-\
1: a member of the original people to inhabit an area especially as
contrasted with an invading or colonizing people
▪Abound verb
\ ə-ˈbau̇nd \
1: to be present in large numbers or in great quantity : to be prevalent a
business in which opportunities abound errors and
inconsistencies abound
2: to be copiously supplied —used with in or with
▪ Abrasion noun
abra·sion | \ ə-ˈbrā-zhən \
1a: a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction
b: IRRITATION
2: an abraded area of the skin or mucous membrane
▪ Absurd adjective
ab·surd | \ əb-ˈsərd , -ˈzərd \
1: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
an absurd argument: extremely silly or ridiculous absurd humor
2: having no rational or orderly relationship to human
life : MEANINGLESS an absurd universe
▪ Accomplice noun
ac·com·plice | \ ə-ˈkäm-pləs , -ˈkəm- \
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
He was convicted as an accomplice to murder.