SAT Vocabulary

(verb) to lessen in intensity or amount; to subside, diminish. "The storm finally began to abate after midnight."

(noun) a departure from what is normal or expected; an anomaly. "The low score was an aberration in her otherwise stellar record."

(verb) to regard with disgust and hatred; to detest. "She abhors any form of cruelty to animals."

(verb) to shorten while retaining the essence; to condense. "The editor abridged the novel for younger readers."

(adjective) existing as an idea rather than a concrete object; theoretical. "Justice is an abstract concept that resists easy definition."