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Absonous
- - Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
Absorbed
- verb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
- become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
- cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
- consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
- retained without reflection; "the absorbed light intensity"
- Soak up, incorporate.
- suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or bel
Absorber
- noun - (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
Abstains
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- refrain from voting
Absterge
- - To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
Absterse
- - To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
Abstract
- adjective - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
Abstrict
- unknown - set spores free
Abstruse
- adjective - difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"