#1-20 Flashcards
Abash
(Verb) uh BASH
To shame, to embarrass
S: chagrin, confuse, humiliate
A: put at ease, reassure, compose
Abate
(Verb) uh BATE
to cease, subside; to reduce
S: mellow, slacken, fade
A: increase, grow, heighten, intensify
Abdicate
(Verb) AB duh cate
To give up a position of power
S: retire, bow out, resign, cede
A: accept, take up
Abiding
(Adj) un BIDE ing
Continuing; lasting
S: long-standing, prolonged, protracted, persistent, enduring, staying, permanent
A: short-lived, ephemeral, transient, fleeting, temporary
Abortive
(Adj) uh BORE tive
Not able to be completed
S: futile, bootless, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unproductive, useless, vain
A: completed, concluded, finished, consummated
Abscond
(Verb) ab SKOND
to secretly run away with and hide
S: flee, decamp, fly, escape, make off
Absolve
(Verb) ab ZOLV
TO FREE from blame, sin or responsibility
S: exempt, acquit, excuse, pardon, release
A: oblige, convict, condemn, denounce, rebuke
Abstain
(Verb) ab STAYNE
To voluntarily hold back; to refrain from doing something
S: forebear, hold back, withhold, withdraw, go without, deny
A: partake, indulge in, treat
Abstruse
(Adj) ab STROOS
Difficult to understand
S: mysterious, perplexing, recondite, unsolvable, complex, obscure, complex, profound
A: fathomable, understandable, comprehensible, explicable, simple
Abysmal
(Adj) uh BIZ muhl
Utterly hopeless; totally and profoundly terrible
S: bottomless, fathomless, abyssal, unfathomable, dreadful, appalling
A: shallow, superb, terrific, outstanding
Accost
(Verb) uh KAWST
to approach boldly
S: address, hail, salute, confront, face, front, challenge, hound, pester
A: ignore, overlook, slight, avoid, elude, evade, shun
Acquiesce
(Verb) ak wee ESS
To give in, surrender; to go quietly
S: assent, accede, grant, agree, consent
A: differ, veto, contest, refuse, resist
Acrid
(Adj) AK rid
Harsh, sharp, offensive; pungent
S: tangy, acetic, tart, vinegary, bitter, unpleasant
A: bland, flat, insipid, tasteless
Acrophobia
(Noun) ak roh FO be uh
Intense fear of heights
Acumen
(Noun) ak YU men
Sharp insight; keenness of mind
S: wisdom, discernment, wit, shrewdness, expertise
A: blindness, obtuseness
Acute
(Adj) uh KYOOT
sharp, keen; pointed; severe
S: pointy, peaked, spiky, barbed, sensitive
A: blunt, dull, indiscriminating
Adherent
(Noun) ad HEER unt
Follower; believer; disciple
S: fanatic, enthusiast, partisan, devotee, apostle, supporter, advocate
A: disbeliever, skeptic, doubter
Adjudicate
(Verb) ah DJOO duh kate
To decide by judicial procedure; to settle a case in court
S: judge, deem, arbitrate, determine
Admonish
(Verb) ad MON ish
To reprimand; to scold gently; to warn strongly
S: warn, alarm, rebuke, forewarn
A: applaud, praise, compliment, commend
Adroit
(Adj) uh DROYT
Adept (often under pressing conditions)
S: dexterous, clever, deft, handy, nimble, skillful, artful
A: maladroit, dense, phlegmatic, unskilled, artless
