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abruptly-pinnate
  • s  (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
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abscessed
  • s  infected and filled with pus
    an abscessed tooth
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abrasive
  • n  a substance that abrades or wears down
  • s  causing abrasion
  • s  sharply disagreeable; rigorous
    an abrasive character
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abreast
  • s  being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
    kept abreast of the latest developments
  • r  alongside each other, facing in the same direction
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abridged
  • v  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • v  lessen, diminish, or curtail
  • a  (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
    an abridged version
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abroach
  • s  of a cask or barrel
    the cask was set abroach
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abroad
  • s  in a foreign country
    markets abroad
  • r  to or in a foreign country
    they had never travelled abroad
  • r  far away from home or one's usual surroundings
  • r  in a place across an ocean
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abrupt
  • s  marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
    abrupt prose
  • s  exceedingly sudden and unexpected
    came to an abrupt stop
    an abrupt change in the weather
  • s  extremely steep
    an abrupt canyon
  • s  surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
    an abrupt reply
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absent
  • v  go away or leave
    He absented himself
  • a  not being in a specified place
  • s  nonexistent
    the thumb is absent
  • s  lost in thought; showing preoccupation
    an absent stare
    an absentminded professor
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absentminded
  • s  lost in thought; showing preoccupation
    an absentminded professor
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absolute
  • n  something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
    no mortal being can influence the absolute
  • a  perfect or complete or pure
    absolute loyalty
    absolute silence
    absolute truth
    absolute alcohol
  • s  complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
    absolute freedom
    an absolute dimwit
  • s  not limited by law
    an absolute monarch
  • s  expressing finality with no implication of possible change
    an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority
  • s  not capable of being violated or infringed
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absolutist
  • n  one who advocates absolutism
  • a  pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
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absolved
  • v  grant remission of a sin to
    The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
  • v  let off the hook
  • s  freed from any question of guilt
    is absolved from all blame
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absorbable
  • a  capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
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absorbed
  • v  become imbued
  • v  take up mentally
    he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
  • v  take up, as of debts or payments
  • v  take in, also metaphorically
  • v  cause to become one with
    The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax
  • v  suck or take up or in
  • v  devote (oneself) fully to
  • v  assimilate or take in
    The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society
  • v  consume all of one's attention or time
  • s  giving or marked by complete attention to
  • s  retained without reflection
    the absorbed light intensity
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