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 45 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13which are based on Reading Passage 45 below. BAKELITE The birth of modern plastics In 1907, Leo Hendrick Baekeland, a Belgian scientist working in New York, discovered and patented a revolutionary new synthetic material. His invention, which he named ‘Bakelite’, was of enormous technological importance, and effectively launched the modern plastics industry. The term ‘plastic’ comes from the Greek plassein, meaning ‘to mold’. Some plastics are derived from natural sources, some are semi-synthetic (the result of chemical action on a natural substance), and some are entirely synthetic, that is, chemically engineered from the constituents of coal or...
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