Questions and Answers
Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the ______ version is longer than most normal books.
abridged
The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot ______ our right to a free press.
abrogate
In the confusion, the super-spy ______ into the night with the secret plans.
absconded
Once all the facts were known, the jury gave Angela ______ by giving a verdict of not guilty.
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Everyone demanded that Angus put on the kilt, but he did not want to do it and ______.
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Everyone else in the class understood geometry easily, but John found the subject ______.
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The deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror after being overthrown and ______.
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The rain poured down for a while, then ______.
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When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king ______ his throne.
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The evildoers ______ the fairy princess from her happy home.
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In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an ______.
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The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to ______ him.
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Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to ______ the sport.
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To prove his honesty, the President ______ the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Building
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abase: humiliate or degrade someone; example: a deposed leader offering to bow down to their conqueror.
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abate: reduce or lessen something; example: rain pouring down and then stopping.
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abdicate: give up a position or power, usually leadership; example: a king giving up their throne to revolutionaries.
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abduct: kidnap or take someone by force; example: evildoers taking a fairy princess from her home.
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aberration: something that differs from the norm; example: a sports team winning a championship, but not repeating the feat.
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abet: aid, help, or encourage someone; example: a spy succeeding due to a friend on the inside.
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abhor: hate or detest something; example: someone disliking a sport due to personal experiences.
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abide:
- put up with something you don't agree with; example: following a decision despite disagreement.
- remain or stay in a place; example: mountains enduring through weather conditions.
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abject: wretched or pitiful; example: someone experiencing multiple misfortunes.
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abjure: reject or renounce something; example: a president rejecting evil policies of their predecessor.
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abnegation: denying oneself comfort or pleasure; example: a holy man choosing to sleep on the floor and take cold showers.
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abort: give up on a half-finished project or effort; example: abandoning an attempt to jump rope around the world due to lack of food.
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abridge:
- cut down or shorten something; example: editing a dictionary to make it smaller.
- shortened; example: a shorter version of a long book.
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abrogate: abolish or cancel something, usually by authority; example: the government ensuring freedom of the press.
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abscond: sneak away and hide; example: a spy escaping with secret plans.
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absolution: freedom from blame, guilt, or sin; example: a jury declaring someone not guilty.
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abstain: freely choose not to commit an action; example: refusing to wear a kilt despite peer pressure.
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abstruse: hard to understand; example: someone struggling with geometry.
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accede: agree to something; example: a teacher allowing students to play baseball instead of learning grammar.
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accentuate: stress or highlight something; example: focusing on the positive aspects of life.
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accessible: obtainable or reachable; example: getting into an Ivy-League college after preparing well.
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acclaim: high praise or admiration; example: receiving praise for an excellent poem.
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Test your knowledge of vocabulary words that start with the 'ab-' prefix, including abase, abate, abdicate, and more. Learn their meanings and practice using them in context.
