Question 1

Define: abase

Accepted Answer

To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.

Question 2

Define: abbess

Accepted Answer

The lady superior of a nunnery

Question 3

Define: abbey

Accepted Answer

The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns

Question 4

Deinfe: abbot

Accepted Answer

the superior of a community of monks

Question 5

Define: abdicate

Accepted Answer

To give up

Question 6

Define: abdomen

Accepted Answer

In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly

Question 7

Define: abduction

Accepted Answer

A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.

Question 8

Define: aberration

Accepted Answer

Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

Question 9

Define: abet

Accepted Answer

To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)

Question 10

Define: abeyance

Accepted Answer

A state of suspension or temporary inaction

Question 11

Define: abhorrence

Accepted Answer

The act of detesting extremely

Question 12

Define: abject

Accepted Answer

Sunk to a low condition

Question 13

Define: abjure

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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath

Question 14

Define: ablution

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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body

Question 15

Define: abnegate

Accepted Answer

To renounce (a right or privilege)

Question 16

Define: abominable

Accepted Answer

Very hateful

Question 17

Define: aboriginal

Accepted Answer

primitive; unsophisticated

Question 18

Define: abrade

Accepted Answer

To wear away the surface or some part of by friction

Question 19

Define: abrasion

Accepted Answer

That which is rubbed off

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