Standardized English Test Vocabulary Building/A
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The word list for A
[edit | edit source]Word | Meaning | Story |
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ABASH | ABASH means to be EMBARRASS | A-BASH => "A" GOT BASHED AND BECAME "E" AS "A" WAS EMBARRASSED |
ABASE | ABASE means to LESSEN , MITIGATE | A-BASE => "A" GOT BASHED AND BECAME "FLAT" AS IN REDUCED |
Abjure | To Abjure means to give up | An Abdomen (Ab) is part of a jury and asks the prisoner to take an oath to give up eating fat |
Abnegation | Self-Sacrifice | An Abdomen (Ab) is in an amphitheater and there are many gates. It is asked to pick any ("N" "E") gate to decide its fate. There are tigers behind all the gates. Hence picking any gate will be a suicide.The AB has to Self Sacrifice. |
ABRIDGE | ABRIDGE means to be SHORTEN | A-BRIDGE => a BRIDGE IS USUALLY BUILT TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PLACES THEREFORE TO SHORTEN |