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BARRON’S HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SAT I 3,500 Basic Word List Word List 1 abase-adroit abase V. /降低，羞辱/lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. abasement, N. abash V. /使难堪/embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration. abate V. /减弱，减少/subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. abatement, N. abbreviate V. /减短，缩写/shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech. abdicate V. /放弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world. abduction N. /绑架/kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaires son after the childs abduction by kidnappers. abduct,V. aberrant N. /不正常的/abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. also N. abet V. /帮助，鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned. abeyance N. /悬而未决/suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival. abhor V. /憎恨/detest; hate. She abhorred all forms of bigotry. abhorrence, N. abject ADJ. /穷困潦倒，卑微/wretched; lacking pride. On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind. abjure V. /发誓放弃/renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. abjuration, N. ablution N. /洗/washing. His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled Opera in the Bath. abnegation N. /批判，自我牺牲/repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his refusal of any rewards for his discovery. abolish V. /废除/cancel; put an end to. The president of the college refused to abolish the physical education requirement. abolit