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Abase (v)
To lower in position; degradeWhen he lost reelection, the politician found that he didn't like being abased by his party TERM 2
Abbess (n)
DEFINITION 2 The lady superior of a nunnery (community of nuns) Abbess of a convent in Thuringia TERM 3
Abbey (n)
DEFINITION 3 The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling- place of a society of monks or nunsThese related to the administration of the abbey's estates and culminated in the loss of the abbey's grange at Micklethwaite. TERM 4
Abbot (n)
DEFINITION 4 The superior of a community of monksBorn in Britain, he went to Brittany where he became abbot of a monastery he had founded. TERM 5
Abdicate (v)
DEFINITION 5 To give up (royal power or the like)I want to abdicate the responsibility to deal with these acts in the correct manner
Abdomen (n)
In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor, the bellyUsing ultrasound to guide the way, a needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen into the developing placenta. TERM 7
Abduction (n)
DEFINITION 7 A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegallyA man is being questioned by police about the attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl in Henley in Arden. TERM 8
Abed (adv)
DEFINITION 8 In bed; on a bedOh, what bliss to lie abed listening to the clang and clatter of the world going about its quotidian business! TERM 9
Aberration (n)
DEFINITION 9 Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed coursI looked into the immense size of chromatic aberration in the human eye Aberration assays were likely to represent a cytotoxic response. TERM 10
Abet (v)
DEFINITION 10 encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense. Abetting in the murder of Pat Finucane, a Belfast solicitor killed on 12 February 1989.
