Improving Vocabulary for 1st January
English Vocabulary Index
Improving Vocabulary for 1st January :
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A (art) : one, any
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a-1 (adj) : first class
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aback (adv) : backward, behind
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abacus (n) : a counting frame
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abaft (adv) : in stern half of ship
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abandon (v) : forsake, desert, to cast off
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abandoned (adj) : forsaken, without any restraint, immoral
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abase (v) : to make low degrade
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abasement (n) : degradation, humiliation
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abash (v) : put to shame
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abask (adv) : in warmth
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abate (v) : diminish, mitigate
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abatement (n) : reduction mitigation, deduction
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abattoir (n) : a public slaughter house
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abbacy (n) : the office of an abbot or his jurisdiction
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abbatial (adj) : belonging to an abbey or its head
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abbess (n) : Superior of a convent
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abbey (n) : a house for monks, convent
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abbot (n) : father, Superior prior
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abbreviate (v) to cut short
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abbreviated (adj) : shortened, reduced
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a,b,c ((n) : elementary principles
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abdicate (v) : renounce
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abdomen (n) : belly
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abduce (v) : draw aside or away
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abduct (v) : kidnap
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abduction (n) : the act of kidnapping
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aberrant (adj) : deviating from moral path
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abed (adj) : in bed
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aberration (n) : derangement, deviation
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abet (v) : encourage, incite, assist
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abetter (n) : one who abets
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abettor (n) : one who abets
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abhor (v) : hate, dislike
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abhorrence (n) : state of being detestable, thing which detests
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abide (v) : endure, expect, reside
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abiding (adj) : permanent, lasting, continuing
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abidingly (adj) : permanent
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abigail (n) : lady’s maid
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