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Wordlist 1

1. Abase:

Meaning: lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self respect

Mnemonics: : abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's

opinion..overall goes to humiliate a person....

2. Abash:

Meaning: embarrass

Mnemonics: : What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get embarrassed.

3. Abate:

Meaning: To reduce in amount; Put an end to; subside or moderate

Mnemonics: : ab+ate , conc on ate, if u ate (spent) all ur money , ur property comes to an end (abate)

4. Abbreviate:

Meaning: shorten

Mnemonics: : abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief) means in short.

Hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.

5. Abdicate:

Meaning: renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)

Mnemonics: : ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic (dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence reduce) : means to give

away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.

6. Aberrant:

Meaning: abnormal or deviant

Mnemonics: : ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all

these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.

7. Aberration:

Meaning: deviation from the normal; mental disorder

Mnemonics: : sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery.

8. Abet:

Meaning: assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage

Mnemonics: : a+bet a bet generally assists you to do something wrong

9. Abeyance:

Meaning: suspended action

Mnemonics: : it seemingly sounds like ab+yawns.... so, think of something like 'students started yawning and so the

teacher gave them 5 mins break' i.e. temporary suspension...

10. Abhor:

Meaning: detest; hate

Mnemonics: : abhor sounds like "a whore" and we generally hate a whore....so to hate someone is abhoring that person

11. Abide:

Meaning: dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate;

Mnemonics: : bide in abide sounds like bind(something that binds you).....so...