Vocabulario Esencial Letra A

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 Abandon [uh BAN dn]

1. To give up something forever 
2. To leave in a time of danger.

• Abandon all hope of seeing your family again.
• We must abandon the boathouse until the storn is over.

 Ability [uh BIL etee]

1. Being able.
2. Having power to do something.
3. Skill, expertise, power.

• You have the ability to succeed at what you attempt.
• Einstein had exceptional mathematical ability.
• An automobile lacks the ability to pull a freight train.

Absolve: [ab ZAHLV]

1. To declare free from guilt. 
2. To free from duty or a promise.

• The lord absolved the sinner and forgave him.
• Dad absolved Junior of his promise to wash  the car.

Absorb [ab ZAWRB]

1. To suck up. 
2. To take up the full energy or attention of. 
3. Engross. 
4. To take in and incorporate. 
5. To assume to full cost.

• The sponge absorbed the entire spill.
• Learning fractions absorved Hailee´s full attemtion.
• If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed  to repeat them.
• I´ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.

 Absurd: [ab SOERD or ab ZOEHRD]

1. So obviously untrue as to be laughable. 
2. Laughable different from what is reasonable.

• The story that his arms were tired because he had just flown in from Los Angeles was absurd.
• The outfit that Gino wore with the red and white striped shirt and the green  and yellow checked pants was absurd.

Acceptable [ak SEPT ibl]

1. Adequate, tolerable, bearable, okay.

• Eating peas at a restaurant using only your knife is not considered acceptable manners.
• Dressing in a toga is considered acceptable at certain fraternity parties.

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