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Aa

Abandon

Verb:
1 To give up

2 To leave a person, place or item behind forever

(For example see: Franklin rescue ship discovered, Book Review, Ocean record)

Abandoned

Adjective:
Describes something that has been left with no intention of returning to it

Verb:
1 Given up

2 Left with no intention of returning to something

(For example see: NewsCasts, Missing zoo animals found, Mummy's toe returned)

Abbreviation

Noun:
A shortened form of a word or phrase

(For example see: New Indian currency symbol)

Abdicate

Verb:
To resign from a throne

(For example see: Attack on Dutch royal family, Lenin statue bombed in Russia, Bhutan bans litter)

Abdicated

Verb:
Resigned from a throne

(For example see: Remains of Russian royal family members found, New railway station for Berlin)

Abdomen

Noun:
The lower part of a person’s or animal’s torso

(For example see: Teenager’s classroom diagnosis)

Abducted

Verb:
Kidnapped or taken away illegally

(For example see: Tamil children used as soldiers)

Abducting

Verb:
Kidnapping or taking a person away illegally

(For example see: Book Review, Orphans in Haiti, Isabel Perón arrested in Spain)

Abduction

Noun:
Take away by force

(For example see: Indian minister guilty of murder, USA hostage dead in Iraq)

Abductions

Noun Plural:
Criminal acts of capturing people and taking them away

(For example see: Anti-crime protests in Mexico)

Abolish

Verb:
End an activity or custom

(For example see: Prisoners freed in Morocco, Prime Minister takes charge of Iraqi army)

Abolished

Verb:
Put a stop to an activity or custom

(For example see: Commonwealth celebrates 60th anniversary, Slave trade anniversary, Book Review)

Abominable

Adjective:
Loathsome or detestable

(For example see: Yeti footprint photograph)

Aboriginal

Adjective:
Describes the original inhabitants of a country

(For example see: Adventures for Jasper and Abby, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Prime Minister's apology)

Abortion

Noun:
The deliberate ending of a pregnancy, usually by a medical operation

(For example see: Supreme Court Justice appointed, Hong Kong takes action on pregnant Chinese, No more inherited diseases?)

Abridging

Verb:
reducing or decreasing

(For example see: News Museum Opens)

Abruptly

Adjective
Suddenly or quickly

(For example see: G8 and G20 meetings, What drives the Northern Lights?)

Absolute

Adjective:
1 Describes a ruler who has unlimited power

2 Very great or to the largest degree possible

(For example see: Bhutan’s first summit, Dark matter detected?, Bastille Day)

Absorb

Verb:
To take in a liquid, gas or other substance

(For example see: Disappearing mammoths and climate change, 'Carbon burps', Indonesia to halt deforestation)

Absorbed

Verb:
When a substance is taken in by something else

(For example see: 'Carbon burps', Were dinosaurs warm-blooded?, World Ocean Conference)

Absorbs

Verb:
Soaks up

(For example see: Millennium Technology prize 2010, Deep-sea vents discovered, Super-strong snail shells)

Abstained

Verb:
Deliberately decided not to do something, for example, decided not to use your vote

(For example see: End of bullfighting in Catalonia, War crimes report vote, New head of IAEA)

Abundance

Noun:
A large amount

(For example see: Saving the quoll, Cultural disagreements)

Academics

Noun (plural):
People who teach at a college, or who study as part of their job

(For example see: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize)

Academy

Noun:
A school or college, especially one that teaches a particular subject

(For example see: Book Review, Millennium Technology prize 2010, American president decides on Afghanistan)

Access

Noun:
1 Opportunity to use

2 Permission to enter

(For example see: Famine risk in Niger, One Million Books, Great Green Wall)

Accommodation

Noun:
A place to live or to stay

(For example see: Hundreds killed in Ethiopian Floods, 2006's first big typhoon hits China)

Accumulated

Verb:
Collected over a period of time

(For example see: Atlantic rubbish dump, NewsCasts)

Acidic

Adjective:
Describes a liquid, or soil that contains an acid

(For example see: Mummies exhibition opens, Super-strong snail shells, Underwater eruption)

Acoustics

Noun (plural):
The effects of a building or room on the qualities of musical or spoken sound

(For example see: Famous orchestra building catches fire)