jun27.2008

Les Mots du Jour:

abase: v. to lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
abdicate: v. to give up (royal power or the like).
aberration: n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
abeyance: n. a state of suspension or temporary inaction.
abject: adj. sunk to a low condition.
abjure: v. to recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
ablution: n. a washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
abnegate: v. to renounce a right or privilege.
aboveboard: adv./adj. without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
abrade: v. to wear away the surface by friction.
abrogate: v. to abolish, repeal.
abscess: n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
abscission: n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
abscond: v. to depart suddenly and secretly, to escape arrest.
absolution: n. forgiveness, or passing over offenses.
absolve: v. to free from sin or its penalties.
abstemious: adj. characterized by self-denial or abstinence, with drink, food.
abstruse: adj. dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
abut: v. to touch at the end or boundary line.
accede: v. to agree.
accession: n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office or government.
acclaim: v. to utter with a shout.
accost: v. to speak to.
accouter: v. to dress.

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Les Mot du Jour.