NASA announced that it would delay the launch of the mannned spacecraft until the radiation from the solar flares abated.
abate: reduce
The appeals judge has abdicated his responsibility to review the findings of the high court.
abdicate: to give up a position, right or power.
For centuries, solar eclipses were regarded as serious abberations in natural order.
aberrant: deviating from what is normal.
A good judge must hold his or her in abeyance until all the facts in a case have been presented.
abeyance: temporary suppression or suspension.
John Steinbeck's novel The grapes of Wrath protrays the abject poverty of many people during the Great Depression.
abject: miserable, pitiful
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