abject
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Parton grew up in abject poverty, raised in a one-bedroom log cabin alongside 11 siblings.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Haiti for decades has suffered from abject poverty, corruption, political instability and natural disasters like a devastating earthquake in 2010.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Brontë subjects her characters to the competing influences of the two houses; those who venture too close to the Heights—such as Catherine’s daughter, years later—get sucked into the abject darkness within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Her purity and devotion are difficult to portray with the requisite sincerity—today she would seem abject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Halley was certainly not plunged into abject poverty by these events—he had property of his own and his wife had brought a good dowry with her.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing abject
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Grade 12, List 1
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