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abbreviate

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v. E.g. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

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lessen the violence, severity, or extremeness of; preside over
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
make commercial; apply methods of business to for profit
make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
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aboard

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ad. E.g. He did make some calls aboard Air Force One, we are told, on his way back to from the Azores.

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productive; fertile; producing results; profitable
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle; in or into a group, organization, or business
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
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absentee

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n. E.g. Absentee voting begins 35 days before primary and general elections.

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pH values below 7; taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
one who is absent or not in residence
plot; intrigue; agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
overprice; a price that is too high
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absolute

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a. E.g. Although the King was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without certain evidence.

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perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
penniless, without any money; financially ruined
tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
not discovered or explored, in any sense
one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice
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absorption

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n. E.g. I agree that the reader's absorption is a measure of good writing.

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one of digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
nonbeliever; one who denies the existence of god
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