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| subside or moderate. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to ABATE. |
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| abnormal or deviant. Given the ABERRANT nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment. |
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| suspended action. The deal was held in ABEYANCE until her arrival. |
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| depart secretly or hide. The bank teller who ABSCONDED with the bonds went uncaptured. |
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| sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son's ABSTEMIOUS diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him. |
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| warn; reprove. When her courtiers questioned her religious beliefs, she ADMONISHED them, declaring that she would worship as she pleases. |
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| make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to ADULTERATE foods without informing the buyer. |
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| gather; accumulate. They were able to AGGREGATE great wealth. |
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| cheerful promptness; eagerness. They packed up their gear and hopped in to the van with ALACRITY. |
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| combine. The unions will attempt to AMALGAMATE their groups into one national body. |
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| The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. She was confused by the AMBIVALENCE of her feelings. |
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| improve. Many social workers have attempted to AMELIORATE the conditions of people living in the slums. |
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| someone or something misplaced in time. Shakespeare's references to clocks in Julius Caesar is an anachronism. |
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