abolish vt.废除，取消
53. That local government leaders are making every effort to ________ the problem of poverty. (96-1)
A) abolish
B) tackle
C) remove
D) encounter

37. Mike just discovered that his passport had ________ three months ago.(1999-6)
A) abolished
B) expired
C) amended
D) constrained

...Soon afterward, the Federal government drastically cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later __79__ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation... (2001-1)
A) abolished
B) diminished
C) jeopardized
D) precluded

43. Excellent films are those which ________ national and cultural barriers.(2005-6)
A) transcend
B) traverse
C) abolish
D) suppress

44. Slavery was ________ in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin land. (2005-12)
A) diluted
B) dissipated
C) abolished
D) resigned

...A year later barely half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was __71_.(2007-6)
A) repelled C) combated
B) deleted D) abolished

absent　a.不在意的
...The woman hasn’t been allowed to be absent from class.
...People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.

absorption　n.吸收；专注
32. Today, computer are still inferior to man in terms of ________.(96-1)
A) decision making
B) drives and feelings
C) growth of reasoning power
D) information absorption

... It can also prevent the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), compounds that may reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, etc

38. Olestra is different from ordinary fats in that ________.(2000-1)
A) it passes through the intestines without being absorbed
B) it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the body
C) it helps reduce the incidence of heart disease
D) it prevents excessive intake of vitamins

...Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats’s level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers. (2004-6)