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abbreviation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the "abbr." or "abbrev."
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shortening something by omitting parts of it
form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
dismissal of employees from their jobs
seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
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abolish
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation."
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establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
put into effect; supply with tools
plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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aboriginal
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
following in time or order; succeeding; later
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abound
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The rooms abound with screaming children.
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forward; send from one person or place to another
be full of; be plentiful
experience; suffer; pass through
make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
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abrasion
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Dust also, is a significant cause of abrasion of book papers and covers.
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a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
scratch; friction
growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
an event that happens
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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