Barrons Word List单词大写的巴朗词典.docVIP

BARRON’S WORD LIST 1 ABASE lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect ABASH embarrass ABATE subside or moderate ABBREVIATE shorten ABDICATE renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility) ABERRANT abnormal or deviant ABERRATION deviation from the normal; mental disorder ABET assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage ABEYANCE suspended action ABHOR detest; hate ABJECT (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology ABJURE renounce upon oath ABLUTION washing ABNEGATION renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation ABOLISH cancel; put an end to ABOMINATE loathe; hate ABOMINABLE detestable; extremely unpleasant ABORIGINAL being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine ABORTIVE unsuccessful; fruitless ABRASIVE rubbing away; tending to grind down ABRIDGE condense or shorten ABROGATE abolish ABSCISSION cutting off; separation ABSCOND depart secretly and hide ABSOLUTE complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism ABSOLVE pardon (an offense) ABSTAIN refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use ones vote; ABSTEMIOUS sparing in eating and drinking; temperate ABSTINENCE restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote ABSTRACT theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationals representational (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life ABSTRUSE obscure; profound; difficult to understand ABUSIVE coarsely insulting; physically harmful ABUT border upon; adjoin ABYSMAL bottomless ABYSS enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit ACADEMIC related to a school; not practical or directly useful ACCEDE agree ACCELERATE move faster ACCESSIBLE easy to approach; obtainable ACCESSORY additional object; useful but not essential thing ACCLAIM applaud; praise; greet with great ap