reading dictionary

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Aardvark is a large animal from southern Africa that has a very long nose and eats small insects.
Aback(adv): [be taken aback] to be very surprised or shocked by something: For a moment, i was completely taken aback by her request.
Abacus is a wooden frame with small balls used for counting
Abalone is a kind of shellfishwhich is used as food n whose shell contains MOTHER-OF-PEARL.
Abandon'(v):1To leave someone, espesically u r responsible for: children abandoned by their parents 2To go away from a place, vehicle etc, permanently, especially because the situation makes it impossible for you to stay: We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.| Fearing further attacks, most of the population had abandon the city. 3To stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is impossible to continue: The game had to b abandoned due to bad weather. 4To decide that you no onger believe in a particular idea or principle: They were accused of abandon their socialist principles. | abandon hope(of doing something) Imogen had abandoned all hope of ever seeing her brother again. 5abandon yourself to literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely 6abandon ship to leave a ship because it is shinking-abandonment n
abandon"(n) with gay/wild abandon in a careless or uncontrolled way without thinking or caring about what you are doing: The kids hurled pieces of wood on the fire with gay abandon.
abandoned(adj) 1an abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left completely by the people who owned it and is no longer used. 2 someone who is abandoned has been left completely alone by the person who was looking after them 3literary behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way
abase(v)abase yourself to behave in a way that shows you accept that someone has complete power over you-abasement n
abashed(adj)[not before noun] embarrassed or ashamed because you have done something wrong or stupid: She looked rather abashed.
abate(v)formal to become less strong or decrease, or to make something do this: We waited for the storm to abate.-abatement n
abattoir=slaughterhouse
abbess(n)a woman who is in charge of a convent(=religious institution for woman)
abbey(n)a large churcu, especially one with buildings next to it where MONKS and NUNS live or used to live
abbot(n)a man who is in charge of a MONASTERY(=where a group of MONKS live)
abb.=abbrev.=written abbreviation of ABBREVIATION
abbreviate(v)to make a word or expression shorter by missing out letters or using only the first letter of each word:be abbreviated to 'Information technology' is usually abbreviated to 'IT'. -abbreviated adj
abbreviated(adj) made shorter by missing out letters or missing out parts of a story, statement etc: Orders were passed on the commander at the front in an abbreviated form.
abbreviation(n) 1A short form of a word or expression:'DR.' is the written abbreviation of 'Doctor'. 2The act of abbreviating something.