TOEFL Vocabulary

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abash v cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn:{embarrass}]
When the child saw all the room filled with strangers, he was much abashed.

abate v become less in amount or intensity; [syn: {let up}, {slack off}, {slack}, {die away}]
The storm has abated.

abdicated v give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; [syn: {renounce}]
The king abdicated the throne in order to marry a commoner.

abduct v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {snatch}]
The industrialist's son was kidnapped.

aberration n a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrance}{aberrancy}, {deviance}]
In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him.