markedly different from an accepted norm.
aberrant
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed
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aberration
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To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
abet
A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while.
abeyance
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved away from) his earlier statements in front of the jury.
abjure
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
ablution ~ a + blue + solution; just imagine some blue color solution used for washing clothes.
ablution
To abolish, repeal.
abrogate
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
ab + scond. "Absent in a second".
abscond
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
ABstain from eating STEM
abstemious
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
abstruse
To touch at the end or boundary line.
abut
To agree.
accede
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To comply; submit.
acquiesce ~ a+kiss : My girlfriend acquiesced when I tried to kiss her on her lips.
acquiesce
Harshly pungent or bitter.
acrid
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ have ability to judge quickly (has keen insight).
acumen
An old saying.
adage
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
adamant
Gentle reproof.
admonition
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
adumbrate
Easy to approach.
affable
To cause to appear greatly.
aggrandize
To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
aggravate
Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
agile
In eager desire.
agog
Cheerful willingness.
alacrity
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
alcove
To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
alleviate
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
aloof
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
amalgamate
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
ambidextrous
Having a double meaning.
ambiguous
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
ameliorate
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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