/ˌæb·əˈlɪʃ·ən/
the official ending of an activity or custom
2. abort (v.)
/əˈbɔrt/
to stop something before it has begun or to cause something to fail before it is complete
Engineers aborted the test flight at the last minute.
3. peculiar (adj.)
/pɪˈkjul·jər/
unusual and strange
The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar.
4. cannibalistic (adj.)
/ˈkæn.ɪ.bəl/
a person who eats human flesh, or an animal that eats the flesh of animals of its own type
5. reconcile (v.)
/ ˈrek·ənˌsɑɪl/
to adjust the way you think about a fact or situation that is opposed to another fact or situation
so that you can accept both
How do we reconcile the seemingly contradictory notions of cutting taxes and balancing the
budget?
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