abrade

1.	to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.

2.	to scrape off.

aboveboard

in open sight; without tricks, concealment, or disguise: Their actions are open and aboveboard.

abound

1.	to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.

2.	to be rich or well supplied (usually fol. by in): The region abounds in coal.

3.	to be filled; teem (usually fol. by with): The ship abounds with rats.

abortive

1.	failing to succeed; unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme.

2.	born prematurely.

3.	imperfectly developed; rudimentary.

4.	Medicine/Medical. a. producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient. b. acting to halt progress of a disease.

5.	Pathology. (of the course of a disease) short and mild without the usual, pronounced clinical symptoms.

6.	Botany. (of seeds or pollen grains) imperfect; unable to germinate.

aboriginal

–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs.

2.	original or earliest known; native; indigenous: the aboriginal people of Tahiti.

–noun

3.	aborigine (def. 1).

4.	(initial capital letter) aborigine (def. 2).

abominate

1.	to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.

2.	to dislike strongly.

abolish

to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.

abnegation

1.	to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.

2.	to relinquish; give up.

ablution

1.	a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual.

2.	the liquid thus used.

3.	a washing of the hands, body, etc.

abjure

1.	to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.

2.	to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.

3.	to avoid or shun.

abject

1.	utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.

2.	contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.

3.	shamelessly servile; slavish.

4.	Obsolete. cast aside.

abide

–verb (used without object)

1.	to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.

2.	to have one's abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.

3.	to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to put up with; tolerate; stand: I can't abide dishonesty!

5.	to endure, sustain, or withstand without yielding or submitting: to abide a vigorous onslaught.

6.	to wait for; await: to abide the coming of the Lord.

7.	to accept without opposition or question: to abide the verdict of the judges.

8.	to pay the price or penalty of; suffer for.

abhor

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

abeyance

1.	temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while.

2.	Law. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder: an estate in abeyance.

abet

to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.

aberrant

1.	departing from the right, normal, or usual course.

2.	deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.

3.	an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.

abduct

1. To carry off by force; kidnap.
2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.

abdicate

1.	to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.

abbreviate

to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.

2.	to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer: to abbreviate a speech.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to use abbreviations.

abate

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.

abash

to make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert

abase

to humble or humiliate; disgrace

abasement

abandon

to give up something completely or for ever; desert; forsake;quit

unrestrained freedom of action or emotion

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