Friday, March 16, 2007

Words upto abh

FIRST TEN WORDS

abase
lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self respect
Hint: base=lowest level, hence abate=lower,humiliate oneself

abash
embarrass
bash=party, someone was abashed at the party

abate
subside or moderate
not to be confused with abet

abbreviate
shorten
easy, abbreviation=shortening

abdicate
renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
The emperor abdicated, and his son came to power

aberrant
abnormal or deviant

aberration
deviation from the normal; mental disorder

abet
assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
someone was removed from exam center for abeting cheating

abeyance
suspended action
just for remembering obey=action, abey=stop action, abeyance=temporarily suspended action

abhor
detest; hate

Confusing words till now abase(lower),abash(embarrassed),abate(subside),abet(assist in wrong)

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