abdicate
However heavy the burden may be, you cannot abdicate your responsibilities as the head of this household.
POS-verb
Def-to give up formally, as an office, duty, power
S-resign
A-retain
abet
In Shakespeare's Richard III Buckingham knowingly abets Gloucester's plans t seize the throne
POS-verb
Def-to encourage or assist
S-promote
A-discourage
abhor
Religious prejudice is something decent people abhor.
POS-verb
Def- to regard with horror and loathing
S-loathe
A-fancy
abject
Many people around the world live in such abject poverty that cannot afford even the essential items of food and clothing
POS-adjective
Def-wretched, miserable
S-hopeless
absolve
"The evidence I will present," the lawyer told the jury, absolves my client of any complicity in the crime.
POS-verb
Def-to clear of guilt or blame
S-exonerate
A-incriminate
abstain
Only ten members of the Security Council voted n the resolution, the others abstained.
POS-verb
Def-to refrain completely and voluntarily
S-avoid
A-partake
academic
The role of a scholar in a modern society is a subject of abiding concern in academic circles everywhere.
POS-adjective
Def-Pertaining to a college or other institution of learning
S-scholastic
A-
accede
It took no little persuasion to get my parents t accede to my plan for a hitching trip to California.
POS-verb
Def-to agree to
S-agree
A-dissent
acclimate
Coming from the pacific Northwest, we found it difficult to acclimate ourselves t the heat and humidity of a New York summer.
POS-verb
Def-to get used to
S-adjust
addiction
Cigarette smoking is an addiction that may prove difficult to overcome.
POS-noun
Def a habit forming practice or pursuit
S-