meanings of words in quick-quiz

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  Tejashree Katdare

  Aberration: something not typical, a deviation from the standard
  Use: a snowstorm in June is an aberration.Snow doesn't normally fall in June.
  
  Abhor: to hate very. very much, to detest
  Use: to abhor something is to view it with horror.
  
  Abject: hopeless, extremely sad and servile, defeated
  Use: an abject person is one who is crushed and without hope.
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  Tejashree Katdare

  Match each word in the first column with its meaning in the second column.
  
  1- abash --------- a. step down from power
  2- abate --------- b. hopeless
  3 - abdicate -------c. unsuccessful
  4- aberration ---- d. forgive
  5- abhor --------- e. total
  6- abject---------- f. subside
  7 - abnegate------ g. detest
  8- abortive ------- h. shorten
  9 - abridge -------- i. deviation
  10- absolute------- j. embarrass
  11-absolve ------- k. renounce
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  Tejashree Katdare

  the answer is
  1--j
  2--f
  3--a
  4--i
  5--g
  6--b
  7--k
  8--c
  9--h
  10--e
  11--d
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  Tejashree Katdare

  Abnegate: to deny oneself things. to reject , to renounce
  Use: self-abnegation is giving up oneself, usually for some higher cause.
  
  Abortive: unsuccessful
  Use: my friend's attempt to climb the mountain was abortive, he fell off when he was halfway up.
  
  Abridge: to shorten, to condense
  Use: the chief editor had abridged the book by removing the boring parts.
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  Tejashree Katdare

  Absolute: total, unlimited, perfect
  Use: an absolute rule is one that has no exceptions and that you must follow, no two ways about it.
  
  Absolve: to forgive or free from blame, to free from sin, to free from an obligation
  Use: the priest absolved the sinner who had come to church to confess his sin.