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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #16 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:27 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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abate v.t. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to
moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate
pride, zeal, hope.

e.g.We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities
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Well this way could not be denied. The problem is this how much times the man planed to spend to finish it, and also, when he finished the last words, how can he guarantee that he still keep the first one in mind? I think he would better consider those details before to start.

However, it's really a courageous activity.
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #17 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:32 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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Abashed
a

ashamed and embarrassed

Your criticism left me rather abashed.

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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #18 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:39 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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abbreviate (a)
to shorten

Tomorrow there will be a test on the meanings of words found in an English dictionary. The scope of the test will be abbreviated, however, and will cover only those words also appearing in this thread. :D
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #19 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:42 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

Yankee wrote:
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abbreviate (a)
to shorten

Tomorrow there will be a test on the meanings of words found in an English dictionary. The scope of the test will be abbreviated, however, and will cover only those words also appearing in this thread. :D
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Hi, Amy

So, you are up ?? :shock:

Amy, I did not understand your use of the word "also" here. Please shed some light on it?

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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #20 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:42 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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And where is your word, Princess? If you post to this thread, please add the next word and a sample sentence.

-- And somebody's not staying in alphabetical order! I'm going to have to dial 119 for the Lexis Police!

Abate: to reduce in degree or intensity, value or amount, or force.

Three hours after the eye of the typhoon passed through Yokohama, the wind finally abated.

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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #21 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:50 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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Abattoir
slaughterhouse

not a :shock:

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The robbers killed all his family memebrs at the night of the marriage ceremony, making his house a real abattoir.


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PS: Amy, run!

MM has clled the police!
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #22 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:55 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

To all those involved in this activity.

Please keep your new word in the quote to make it prominent. Like this:

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Abbess
not "a"

a woman who is a head of a convent.

Quote:
His mother was an abess when she died.


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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #23 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:57 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

Well, I wanted to do abalone, MM, but I missed the boat and that one got away. Feel free to use any moderator machinations at your disposal to reel my words back into their proper alphabetical order. :lol:

Tom, I meant that the only words that will appear on the test will be those found in both the dictionary AND in this thread. That was a little joke. In other words, the test won't cover the whole dictionary -- yet. :lol:
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #24 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:11 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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Hey! You posted without a word!

Abbey: a monastery ruled by an abbot.

I guess that Westminster Abbey has an abbot about, then.

A.

PS: I'm going away until this thread calms down a bit. We'll never make it through the OED at this pace without dying of heat prostration!
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #25 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:18 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

abbrochment (noun)
a crime when you steal something

If you commit an abbrochment you're going to get grounded for 4 weeks
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #26 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:37 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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abduct (a)
to seize and take away (as a person) by force; kidnap

I wanted to say that LS had "abducted" my word (abbreviate) and ask whether he was also holding it for ransom, but now I see that he's found a new word (abbrochment). So, here's my new sentence:
Some criminals abducted the princess and demanded four million dollars for her release.
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #27 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 13:30 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

abdicate (verb)
to relinquish, resign, renounce

I shall abdicate my throne because I cannot deal with what's going on in my realm any more

PS: Amy, I didn't mean to abduct your word ;)
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #28 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:34 am   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

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Abduct: to carry off (as a person) by force.

Several Korean humanitarian workers have been abducted by the Taliban.

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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #29 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 15:00 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

abdomen
a scientific word for stomach, belly

A driver was having so acute pain in his pendulous abdomen that he had to stop the bus and shoot some anesthetic
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Learn whole vocabulary with me. #30 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 15:04 pm   Learn whole vocabulary with me.
 

O comes before U, LS.

A driver was having so acute a pain in his pendulous abdomen that he had to stop the bus and inject himself with anesthetic.
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