| A | B |
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| abate (v) | to become less in intensity; to subside, slacken, wane, or decrease |
| abdicate (v) | to give up, renounce, relinquish (often formally) |
| aberration (n) | straying from what is right, normal, or expected; a mental straying that is strange or deviate |
| abet (v) | to help or encourage a bad act; to egg on, foment, instigate |
| abeyance (n) | a condition of suspended activity or development (use after in) |
| abhor (v) | to hate or loathe; to dislike strongly; to reject |
| aborogine (n) | original person in a place (as a native) |
| abort (v) | to fail to go forward or develop as expected; to miscary; to terminate early |
| abrasive (adj) | causing bad feelings of irritation or annoyance |
| abscond (v) | to run off in secret (usually because of bad actions or feelings/knowledge of guilt) |
