Unit 1
aback ad.向后;逆帆 [BACK]

abaft ad.prep.在船尾;在...之后 [A + -baft ]

abandon v.放弃;放纵;遗弃

abase v.降低;贬抑 [A-, baissier to lower ult ]

abash v.使局促不安 [bash; unabashed]

abate v.减少;减轻 [rebate 将<已付金额的一部分>予以折扣,回扣,退还]

abbey n.大修道院; 大教堂 [Abba上帝 abbacy 男修道院长(abbot)之职务(辖区,任期) abbess女修道院院长;尼庵住持]

abbreviation n.缩短;缩写 [brevity 短暂;简短]

abdicate v.放弃权利;让位 [AB-, dicare declare]

abdomen n.腹;下腹 [abdominal adj.]

abduct v.绑架;拐走 [viaduct陆桥,高架桥 (道路,铁路]

abed ad.在床上 [A, BED ill(sick)~病卧床上 lie~躺在床上]

aberration n.离开正路;脱离常轨 [errant 错误的,偏离的;游历的;遍历危险的]

abet v.教唆;唆使 [bait(装于钓)上或陷阱中的钩饵]

abeyance n.中止;暂搁

abhor v.憎恨;厌恶 [horrible]

abide v.容忍;忍受 [abide by 遵守<规则、法令、决定等>]

abject a.可怜的;卑鄙的 [reject]

abjure v.发誓断绝;公开放弃 [jurare; purjury]

ablution n.沐浴 [antediluvian 诺亚(Noah)洪水前的;太古的;过时的 (cf deluge)]

abnegate v.放弃权利;舍弃;戒禁快乐 [AB-, negare deny]

abnormal a.不正常的;变态的 [earlier and F anormal, anomal ]

assoc with  abnormis: ABNORMITY

abode n.住所 [verbal noun of ABIDE: cf. ride, rode, road]

abolition n.废除;革除 [abolish]