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abase(verb)

Also abased(adj), abasement(noun)

abeyance(noun)

abreast(adj)

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Definition:Degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteem

Usage:After messing up at work, the man faced a thorough abasementfromhis boss; when he realized he had forgotten his own wedding anniversary, he

further abasedhimself in front of his wife.

Related Words:Defame(attack the reputation of),Belittle(put down,disparage)

Memory Trick:Abasementmeans degradation or lowering of statusthatis, abasementmakes you feel like you should go hide in a basement.

Definition:Temporary suspension, inactivity

Usage:The baseball players contract negotiations are inabeyancewhile

doctors try to determine whether his injuries will heal in time for the season.

Related Words:Hiatus(break or gap in an activity),Dormant(inactive,resting),DefermentorDeferral(postponement)

More Info:Abeyancegenerally occurs in the expression inabeyance. Realestate is in abeyancewhen no one owns it or the owner is unknown.

Definition:Side-by-side. The more common abreast of means keeping upwith, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with.

Usage:As the professor walked abreastdown the street with her mentor, shewas amazed that the old man, long since retired, still kept abreast ofall thelatest developments in neurobiology.

Related Words:Conversant with(familiar by use or study), well versedin(experienced, skilled)

More Info:You are conversant witha topic about which you know enough tohave an intelligent conversation. Well versedis stronger, implying someexpertise. Keeping abreast ofa topic implies that you are continually

updating your knowledge.

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abscission(noun)

abscond(verb)

abyss(noun)

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Definition:Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals,or other parts from a plant or animal

Usage:The abscissionof leaves from the trees is normal in fall. / An

inflamed appendix calls for an immediate surgical abscission.

Related Words:Ablation(removal of growths, etc., by surgery or othermechanical means)

More Info:Ab means away. The scissio root inabscissionmeans cutand is the same as inscissors, excise (cut out or censor),and incision (cutinto).

Definition:Depart suddenly and secretively

Usage:A robber abscondswith stolen goods. People who eat in a restaurant

and run out without payingor criminals who jump bailcould also be saidto be absconding.

Related Words:Decamp(to depart from camp, or to abscond)

More Info:Ab means away and the rest ofabscondcomes from a Latin

word meaning to put.

Definition:A deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infinite

Usage:Walking a tightrope over an active volcano, the acrobat was terrifiedof falling into the abyss. / Now recovering, the patient remembered her

experience with clinical depression as an abyssof hopelessness.

Related Words:Chasm, Crevasse, Fissure, Gorgeare all words for deepopenings in the earth, and can be used metaphorically (afissurein a personal

relationship, the chasmbetween cultures, etc.).

More Info:The 1989 classic science fiction movie The Abyssis about adiving team that encounters an underwater alien species.