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Word  Definition(* denotes word appeared on both Baron and Kaplan lists)
abate*
/ 'be t /
formal to become less strong or decrease 减弱缓和
We waited for the storm to abate.
abdicate
/ ' aebd ke t /
to give up the position of being king or queen 禅让退位
King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favor of his eldest son.
The king was forced to abdicate the throne.
aberrant
/ ' aebrnt /
not usual or normal 异常
synonym abnormal, deviant
aberrant behavior
abeyance
/ 'be ns /
in abeyance
something such as a custom, rule, or system that is in abeyance is not being
used at the present time
fall into abeyance (=no longer be used) 暂时搁置
abject
/ 'aebd ekt /
1. abject poverty/misery/failure etc 赤贫
the state of being extremely poor, unhappy, unsuccessful etc
2. an abject action or expression shows that you feel very ashamed 卑劣
an abject apology
abjure
/b’d  /
formal to state publicly that you will give up a particular belief or way of
behaving
synonym renounce 放弃
ablution
/'blun/
if you perform your ablutions, you wash yourself - sometimes used
humorously
沐浴
abrogate
/'aebrge t/
to officially end a legal agreement, practice etc 废止
Both governments voted to abrogate the treaty.
abscond*
/b'sk nd/
1 to escape from a place where you are being kept
abscond from 逃离某地
The boy absconded from a children's home.
2 to secretly leave somewhere, taking with you something that does not
belong to you
abscond with 逃离携带
He has to convince a judge that he wasn't going to abscond with the
money.
abstemious*
/b' stimis/
careful not to have too much food, drink etc 节制节食
abstruse
/b' strus/
unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand 复杂
Maths is a mix of abstruse theory and detailed calculations.
accretion
/'kri /
a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something 积尘
acerbic
/'s b k/
criticizing someone or something in a clever but cruel way 尖刻
acerbic wit