abstract (n.)
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- abstraction
- academic
- altarpiece
- and
- annex
- apocope
- arcane
- armchair
- bag
- bate
- bland
- bob
- boost
- breviary
- brief
- broad
- capsule
- chuck
- clear
- clip
- collage
- collective
- compress
- compression
- condensation
- conspectus
- contract
- cop
- copy
- crib
- crop
- curtailment
- cut
- cyclorama
- daub
- decrease
- deep
- digest
- diptych
- disconnect
- divide
- dock
- draft
- drain
- eject
- elision
- ellipsis
- engraving
- epitome
- essence
- exile
- expatriate
- extract
- fresco
- general
- generic
- head
- hook
- hypothetical
- icon
- ideal
- illumination
- illustration
- image
- intellectual
- leach
- lift
- likeness
- miniature
- montage
- moot
- mosaic
- mow
- mural
- neutral
- nip
- occult
- outlaw
- outline
- overview
- palm
- panorama
- part
- photograph
- picture
- pinch
- poll
- pollard
- precis
- prune
- purge
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- remove
- representation
- reproduction
- resume
- retrenchment
- review
- rubric
- rustle
- secret
- separate
- shave
- shear
- shortening
- skeleton
- sketch
- snare
- snatch
- snitch
- snub
- steal
- stencil
- stunt
- summary
- summation
- survey
- swindle
- swipe
- syllabus
- syncope
- synopsis
- tableau
- take
- tapestry
- telescope
- thin
- trim
- triptych
- truncation
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- weed
abstract (v.)
- abate
- abbreviate
- abrade
- abridge
- and
- annex
- appropriate
- bag
- bate
- bob
- boost
- borrow
- brief
- capsule
- capsulize
- chuck
- clear
- clip
- compress
- condense
- contract
- cop
- copy
- crib
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- daub
- decrease
- deduct
- deep
- defraud
- deport
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- digest
- diminish
- disconnect
- disengage
- disparage
- dissociate
- divide
- dock
- draft
- drain
- eject
- elide
- eliminate
- embezzle
- epitomize
- eradicate
- erode
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- extort
- extract
- filch
- foreshorten
- fresco
- general
- head
- hook
- image
- impair
- leach
- lessen
- lift
- liquidate
- moot
- mow
- nip
- occult
- outlaw
- outline
- palm
- part
- photograph
- picture
- pilfer
- pinch
- poach
- poll
- pollard
- precis
- prune
- purge
- purify
- purloin
- reap
- recap
- recapitulate
- reduce
- refine
- remove
- resume
- retrench
- review
- rubric
- rustle
- scrounge
- separate
- shave
- shear
- shoplift
- shorten
- sketch
- snare
- snatch
- snitch
- snub
- steal
- stencil
- stunt
- subtract
- summarize
- survey
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- telescope
- thieve
- thin
- trim
- truncate
- uncouple
- weed
- withdraw
abstract (adj.)
- abstruse
- academic
- and
- appropriate
- arcane
- bag
- bate
- bland
- brief
- broad
- clear
- collective
- colorless
- conceptual
- conjectural
- crop
- cut
- deep
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- draft
- esoteric
- essence
- exile
- featureless
- fresco
- general
- generalized
- generic
- head
- hidden
- hook
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- ideal
- ideational
- impersonal
- impractical
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- intellectual
- metaphysical
- miniature
- moot
- mosaic
- mural
- nebulous
- neutral
- nonspecific
- notional
- occult
- outlaw
- part
- poker-faced
- profound
- recondite
- secret
- separate
- snub
- speculative
- steal
- summary
- symbolic
- telescoping
- theoretical
- thin
- transcendent
- transcendental
- trim
- truncate
- undifferentiated
- unspecified
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- wide
They are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time: after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.
