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-Differing from the normal
- Abnormal (adj.)
- -Frank's abnormal behavior caused his parents to send him to a counselor.
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-to refuse to participate in an activity
- Abstain (v.)
- -Adriane's medical condition forced her to abstain from french fries.
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-to give up power or responsibility; to relinquish power or responsibility formally
- Abdicate (v.)
- -The king was forced to abdicate when the people did not have faith in him.
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-to take away illegally and against one's will; kidnap
- Abduct (v.)
- It was clear that the stalker abducted the young child, but the police soon rescued him.
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-to reject solemnly; to renounce upon oath; to abstain from; avoid
- Abjure (v.)
- Every holiday season, Lisa abjures eating chocolate and other candy.
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-to rub off or wear away by friction; erode
- Abrade (v.)
- When Holly fell off her bike, she abraded the skin on her elbow.
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-to abolish by authoritative action; annul; to treat as nonexistent; repeal
- Abrogate (v.)
- The young mother abrogated her responsibilities by leaving her child alone and without food.
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-the stake a poker player puts into the pool before receiving his hand; one's share; cost
- Ante (n.)
- Before the poker game, each player put his ante in the middle of the table.
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-a waiting room
- Anteroom (n.)
- Shelly waited in the anteroom before Dr. Madison saw her.
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1. A date given to an event or a document that is earlier than the actual date
2. To give a date earlier than the actual date; date back; to precede in time
- Antedate
- 1. (n.) The antedate on the check was too early to be legitimate.
- 2. (v.) The first satellite around the earth antedated the moon landing.
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-abbreviation for ante meridiem (before noon) used to specify the hour
- a.m. (adj.)
- Jody’s first class was at 8:00 a.m., so she often took coffee with her.
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-one that precedes; any occurrence or event prior to another; ancestry; the word, phrase, or clause to which a relative pronoun refers.
- Antecedent (n.)
- Every pronoun should have a clear antecedent earlier in the sentence.
- Susan hid her keys.
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-belonging to the period prior to the U.S. Civil War
- Antebellum (adj.)
- David’s area of expertise is the antebellum South; his new book explains the situation in 1855.
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-eyepieces for both close vision and distant vision.
- Bifocals (n.)
- Howard lost his bifocals and couldn’t read the fine print on the contract.
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-marriage to two or more people at the same time
- Bigamy (n.)
- Having more than one spouse is illegal (and tiring!), and it is called bigamy.
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-to divide something into two equal parts.
- Bisect (v.)
- Lonnie bisected the sandwich so both he and Bonnie would have equal amounts.
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-animal with two feet
- Biped (n.)
- Garfield the cat is not a biped, but his owner Jon is, with just two legs.
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-tooth with two points
- Bicuspid (n.)
- Dental x-rays showed Annette’s bicuspid to have a cavity.
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-the boundary line around any curved and enclosed area
- Circumference (n.)
- Use a tape measure to find out the circumference of the basketball.
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-to sail completely around
- Circumnavigate (v.)
- Before Jason’s ship sailed around the world, the headlines read “Will he circumnavigate the globe?”
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-heedful of circumstances or consequences; prudent
- Circumspect (adj.)
- Delores was quite circumspect and thought carefully about her job change.
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-to draw a line around; encircle; to confine with bounds; to restrict
- Circumscribe (v.)
- My mother circumscribed my life by limiting my friends and activities to only a few.
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- to surround and entrap by craft; to overcome by artful maneuvering; to avoid by or as if by passing around; to get around (instead of attacking directly
- -Circumvent (v.)
- Don’t circumvent the rules by skipping the proper procedure for entering the contest.
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-in a direction opposite to that in which the hands of a clock rotate as viewed from in front
- Counterclockwise (adv.)
- The plumber turned the wrench counterclockwise to repair the pipes.
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-a return attack; an attack made in response to an enemy's attack
- counterattack (n.)
- The army prepared for a counterattack after the enemy had destroyed half of their supplies.
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-the reformatory movement in the Roman Catholic Church which followed the protestant Reformation
Counter Reformation (n.)
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- a duplicate, corresponding item, or opposite number; one that is markedly similar to another; one that has the same functions and characteristics as another
- Counterpart (n.)
- Shelly Stone is my counterpart in the day court reporting program; she teaches Vocabulary I and II.
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-to deny the truth of an assertion
- Contradict (v.)
- Paul always contradicts his wife by saying the opposite, even when he knows she is right.
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-to cancel or reverse; to go against
- Countermand (v.)
- Lynn had to countermand her earlier order and allow the workers to eat lunch in the workroom.
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- to remove frost from the surface of
- Defrost (v.)
- Paul always contradicts his wife by saying the opposite, even when he knows she is right.
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-gloomy; cast down; low in spirits; saddened
- Depressed (adj.)
- The current economic situation would make anyone depressed, even those who are normally happy.
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-to reduce or lessen the confidence, pride, self-esteem, or certainty of; to reduce the value or amount of (currency), effecting a decline in prices
- Deflate (v.)
- The balloons deflated by the end of the week, and they sagged to the floor without air.
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-to reduce speed
- Decelerate (v.)
- It is wise to decelerate when entering a school zone; speed kills!
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-to deprive (a tree or other plant) of leaves; to lose foliage; to strip leaves from a tree
- Defoliate (v.)
- The forceful wind defoliated the trees, so no leaves were present for the festival.
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-falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth; not lasting; temporary
- Deciduous (adj.)
- Maples, oaks, and elms lose their leaves every fall; they are classified as deciduous.
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-to lessen the price or value of
- Depreciate (v.)
- Extra mileage will depreciate the value of your car.
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-to belittle (to speak of as small or unimportant); to express disapproval of
- Deprecate (v.)
- Lisa always seems to deprecate Linus by calling attention to all his faults.
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-in mythology, the offspring of a god and a human being
- Demigod (n.)
- My sister loves Brad Pitt so much, she acts like he is a demigod. This picture is of Heracles (Hercules), a true demigod.
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-a small cup of strong black coffee served after dinner; the cup used to serve demitasse
- Demitasse (n.)
- Felicity served demitasse in tiny china cups after her fancy French dinner.
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-to free from illusion or false belief
- Disenchant (v.)
- I was disenchanted to learn my hero had a criminal past.
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-to jar or move from the regular location or place
- Dislocate, Displace (v.)
- Joann’s shoulder was dislocated, and she had to see a doctor to put it in place.
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-the reduction or elimination of armament or weapons
- Disarmament (n.)
- The leaders called for disarmament, hoping that no guns would be fired.
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-to swell out or expand from, as if from internal pressure; to blow up; to extend
- Distend (v.)
- The patient’s belly was distended, so his hospital gown would not close.
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- to break up and drive off; to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish; to lose (as heat or electricity) irrecoverably
- Dissipate (v.)
- I hope the air freshener will dissipate the odor of garlic in the kitchen.
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-to spread abroad as though sowing seed; to disperse throughout; to scatter widely
- Disseminate (v.)
- The press office disseminated the information about the presidential candidate to all the newspapers.
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-incapable of being consoled; hopelessly sad
- Disconsolate (adj.)
- Serena was disconsolate about her spelling test, so we tried to cheer her up.
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