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abandon
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon.
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art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
high church official, ranking just below the pope; dark to deep or vivid red
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
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abandoned
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Here many of the skyscrapers are abandoned, leaving squatters, crime and urban decay.
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exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
recklessly unrestrained; deserted; left to destruction
duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
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abandonment
 
 
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n.  E.g. The only way to apologize for your abandonment is your resignation.
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imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
giving up completely; freedom from constraint
hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
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abide
 
 
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v.  E.g. "Oh, don't bother ME," said the Duchess; "I could not abide figures!"
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hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest
endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
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abiding
 
 
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a.  E.g. It's this which many see as the abiding legacy of Watergate.
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especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly
easily broken; having little elasticity
individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent
extreme; inordinate; too much
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