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to humilate someone, make someone ashamed or embarrassed or uncomfortable.
To dismantle, demolish, knock down.
I feel so abashed that I accused you of stealing, I'm sorry.
Alright, you've dealt me my abashment, please stop your revenge already.
Did you abash the kitchen at your demolition job? |
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to get used to, adjust, adapt
Have you acclimated to your new prosperity?
Now that I'm retired, I have yet to acclimate to an relaxed lifestyle.
My Vietnamese parents never acclimated to the diary in America. |
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shorten, reduce, condense, curtail
This book is an abridged version, there's only 100 pages instead of 200.
I'm in a hurry, can we have an abridged meeting?
Let's abridge our class today, there's a party we all want to go to.
Antonym: expand |
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abnormal, odd, irregular, unusual, deviant.
What an aberrant dream I had last night, I had stripes like a tiger and wings like an eagle.
A white allegator is an aberrant creature, it can't go out in the sun or else it gets sunburned.
Antonym: typical, normal |
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aid, encourage, assist somebody in illegal actions/crimes.
I was the abettor for the Master Thief, together we stole the Pyramid of Eygpt.
I abetted her in the assisination of Yogi Bear. It was just an April Fools Day joke...
Tonight can you abet me in the stealing of the world's largest Chocolate Chip cookies? |
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