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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 h