"MY VOCAB PRACTICE."

1. Absent.
   The employee had been absent from work because of a work injury.

2. Abduct.
   When the Amber Alert came up, we saw that there had been a child abduction in the area.

3. Abscond.
   We saw the raccoon come out of the trash can as he absconded a piece of old pizza.

4. Abject.
   When she saw the horror movie, she recoiled in abject terror and eventually had to leave the theater.