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ABASE
Don't abase your Russian girlfriend by making fun of her accent.
My stepfather is an evil man who likes to abase little children because he had a miserable childhood himself.
He has belittled himself by stealing from an old beggar.
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ABHOR
I abhor this type of insulting behavior of my teacher.
Taking out the trash and washing dishes are chores many teenagers abhor.
I hate discrimination of any kind.
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ACCRETION
Sania was convinced that the accretion of ice on her car’s windshield was preventing her wipers from operating correctly.
There are two main theories concerning massive star formation accretion and merger.
The only difficulty in this accumulation is to secure debtors that will not die.
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ACQUIT
Even though general public believed the defendant was guilty, they could say nothing when the jury acquitted the man of all charges.
If the cricket players are not acquitted of domestic abuse charges, their role on the squad will be terminated for a year.
They tried to bribe the judge to discharge them.
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ACRIMONY
The dispute between the two groups was settled without acrimony.
Amid the acrimony, somebody actually published some controversial news.
The level of bitterness doesn't likely die down soon.
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ACUITY
Bikers need good visual acuity during the night.
When Archana had an ear infection, her auditory acuity was so low she could barely hear anything.
According to many youngsters, taking drugs does not decrease your intellectual acuity.
A shooter’s visual sharpness has to be exceptional because he must be able to clearly see his targets.
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READING PASSAGE 32 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-12 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. SPOKEN CORPUS COMES TO LIFE A The compiling of dictionaries has been historically the provenance of studious professorial types - usually bespectacled - who love to pore over weighty tomes and make pronouncements on the finer nuances of meaning. They were probably good at crosswords and definitely knew a lot of words, but the image was always rather dry and dusty. The latest technology, and simple technology at that, is revolutionising the content of dictionaries and the way they are put together. B For the first time, dictionary publishers are incorporating real, spoken English into their data. It gives Lexicographers (people who write dictionaries) access to a more vibrant, up-to-date vernacular language which has never really been studied before. In one project, 150 volunteers each agreed to discreetly tie a Walkman recorder to their waist and lea...
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