WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. abâ¢diâ¢cate /ËÃ¦bdÉªËkeÉªt/USA pronunciation v., -catâ¢ed, -catâ¢ing. to give up (an important position, responsibility, authority, duties, a high office, etc.): [~ + object]He abdicated the throne of England.[no object]He decided to abdicate.
Jungle Junction is an American-British-Kenyan-South African CGI animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. It airs, in re-runs, on Disney Junior in the United States and in the Netherlands, as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and in most of Asia. It was produced in the UK by animation company Spider Eye Productions.
Sinclair conceived The Jungle as a Socialist novel. The plights of the novel's protagonists demonstrate the evils and corruption of unrestrained capitalist economies. Jurgis and Ona Rudkus, as well as their immigrant friends and family, live in dire poverty.