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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| Ab | "off" |
| A | "away" |
| Abs | "from" |
| + rupt | broken |
| + vert | turn |
| + tain | hold |
| abdicate | formally remove ones self from, give up, relinquish, renounce, resign "the king adicted the throne and retired" |
| abduct | to carry off or leave by force, kidnapp "the greeks attacked Troy to recover Helen, who had been abucted by the trojan prince." |
| abhor | shrink from, detest, loathe, hate "janet is doing her best to oass the course because she abhors the thought of having to repeat it in summer school." |
| abrasion | scaping or wearing away of the skin by fricion or irration "the automobil was a total wteck, but the driver, luckily escaped with only minor cuts and abrasions." |
| aburpt | broken off, sudden, unexpected. "todays art lesson came to an aburpt end when there was a fire drill" |
| abscond | steal off and hide, depart secretly, flee, escape "a wide search is under way for the manager who absconded with the companys fund." |
| absolve | set free from some duty or responsilitiy, expemt, excused "ignorance of the law does not absolbe a person from obeying it." |
| abstain | withhold ones self deliberatly from doing somthing, refrian, desist "My dentist said i would have fewer cavitites if i abstained from sweets" |
| averse | literally "turned from" opposed, disclined, unwilling "I am in favor of the dance, but i am averse to holding it on may 25" |
| avert | to turn away, prevent, forestall "the mayor tried to avert a strike by municipal employees" |
| avocation | occupation away from one's custody "my aunt, a pediatrician, composes music as an avocation." |
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