Vocabulary lesson 76
- abortion (n.) the act of aborting a baby
- She decided to have an abortion.
- abstain (v) to deliberately not vote for or against something; to not do something that you would normally enjoy doing
- Three members of the committee abstained.
- abundant (adj.) more than enough in quantity
- An abundant supply of fresh fruit.
- completely (adv.) totally; utterly
- The fire completely destroyed the building.
- acronym (n.) a word that is made from the first letters of a group of words. For example, NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- So the acronym doesn't fit exactly, but the title accurately describes the program.