use = The recent pattern of weather deviates from the norm for this time of year
abbreviate = shorten
use = Reader's Digest prints abbreviated articles
bisect = to cut into two parts
use = The new road will bisect the town
scoff = ridicule
use = The critics scoffed at his paintings
depreciate = To lessen the worth of
use = our house has depreciated in value
analgesic = pain-soother
use = a mild analgesic
questionnaire = interrogation
use = fill in a questionnaire
paradigm = a model
use = to produce a change in the paradigm
ascendancy = powerful state
use = They are in the danger of losing their political ascendancy
fuming = angry
use = fuming at the injustice
