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abnormal
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Fujitsu, Toshiba, HP and Lenovo all insist that their designs are sufficiently different to Dell and Apple, that there is no abnormal risk of fire.
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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
unusual; not typical; not normal
capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
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abort
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. However, most women say that the decision to abort is a difficult one.
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stop; terminate before completion; terminate a pregnancy
be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
bend or turn gradually from a given direction, as road curves to the right
pierce; go through; permeate
charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
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abrupt
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Eliza's greeting was delivered in a short, abrupt voice, without a smile; and then she sat down again, fixed her eyes on the fire, and seemed to forget me.
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adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; impressive in appearance
affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
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absorb
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. By contrast, what students can absorb from a one-day visit to a college are the tangibles.
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cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
pass near surface of; brush surface of; glide swiftly along surface of; read or examine rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts
assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
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abstract
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
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acute; incisive; sharp ; express grief verbally
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
definite; separate; different
affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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