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abeyance
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A goodjudge must hold his or her judgment in abeyance until all the facts in a case have been presented.
The university’s plans for expansion have been put in abeyance until the economic outlook is more favorable.
abate
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NASA announced that it would delay the launch of the manned spacecraft until the radiation from the solarflares abated.
abdicate
n.give up a position, or power
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aberrant
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aberration
For centuries, solar eclipses were regarded as serious aberrations in the natural order.
abject
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John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath portrays the abject poverty of many people during the Great Depression.
abscission
n.the fat of cutting, the natural separation of a leaf
Two scientists, Alan G. Williams and Thomas G. Whitham, have hypothesized that premature leaf abscission is an adaptive plant response to herbivorous attack.
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abjure
v.reject, abandon formally
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For aforeigner to become a U.S. citizen, he or she must take an oath abjuring allegiance to any other country and pledging to take up arms to defend the United States.
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unit2
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accrue
v.to accumulate
nation’s firms could become less competitive than foreign companies that enjoy the advantages accruing from greater monopolies.