" Ecclesiastical.
Fr. " " French.
Ger. " " German.
Gram. " " Grammar.
Gr. Antiq. " " Greek Antiquity.
Heb. " " Hebrew.
Med. " " Medicine.
Mil. " " Military.
Mus. " " Music.
n. " " noun.
pl. " " plural.
p.p. " " past participle.
prep. " " stands for preposition.
R.R. " " Railroad.
sing. " " singular.
Sp. " " Spanish.
Sp. Amer. " " Spanish America.
Theol. " " Theology.
v. " " verb.

Note.--A number of words with their synonyms and related terms that are
not found in the body of the book will be found in the Addenda beginning
on page 615.

Putnam's Word Book

A

Abandon, v. desert, forsake, forego, discard, relinquish, repudiate,
waive, renounce, abdicate. Antonyms: retain, maintain, continue,
cherish.

abandon, n. unrestraint, wantonness.

abandoned, a. forsaken, deserted, derelict, castaway, rejected;
depraved, reprobate, incorrigible, arrant, graceless, irreformable.

abandonment, n. desertion, relinquishment, dereliction, reprobation,
surrender, evacuation, rejection, abdication. Antonyms: retention,
continuance, maintenance, persistence.

abase, v. humble, degrade, dishonor, reduce, humiliate.

abasement, n. humiliation, reduction, dishonor, degradation,
ignominy.

abash, v. disconcert, confuse, discomfit, discompose, chagrin,
mortify, embarrass.

abashment, n. discomfiture, confusion, mortification, chagrin,
embarrassment.

abate, v. moderate, assuage, subside, diminish, intermit. Antonyms:
See increase.

abatement, n. moderation, diminution, reduction, subsidence,
decrease.

a b c. alphabet, symbols; rudiments, elements, first principles.

a b c book. primer, hornbook.

abdomen, n. belly, paunch. Associated words: abdominal, ventral,
paunchy, abdominous, peritoneum, peritonitis, celiac, laparotomy, groin,
eventration, abdominoscopy, hypogastric, hypogastrium.

abduction, n. kidnapping, child-stealing, man-stealing, defiliation.
Associated words: abduct, abductor.

aberration, n. wandering, deviation; abnormity, irregularity;
madness, mania.

abet, v. instigate, encourage, incite, egg on, foment, uphold.

abetment, n. instigation, incitement, encouragement.

abeyance,