Vocabulary A to Z !

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1)  Abase - To Degrade someone

Bullying has abashed this child in the picture.

2) Abash - To embarrass

In this picture,this girl looks slightly abashed.

3) Abattoir - Place where animals are killed.

Although many farmers own cattle, they don't slaughter the animals on  site  but send them to an abattoir.

4) Abdicate -Give up or renounce one's throne.

The king was forced to abdicate.

5) Aberrant-departing from an accepted standard or Abnormal

Are you the aberrant ant? As you are the one who breaks away from the line,moves in a direction of your own,different from the norm.

 

6) Abject - Extremely poor or unhappy.

The little girl lives in abject poverty during the war.

7) Ablution - The act of washing oneself.

The people in the picture are performing their morning ablutions.

8) Abode - The place where someone lives.

Welcome! to my humble abode.

9) Abolish - To put an end to

 

Slavery was abolished in the US in 19th century.

10) Abominable - Very bad or unpleasant.

This picture shows abominable weather