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Question 0

Abash

Answer 0

(Verb) uh BASH
To shame, to embarrass
S: chagrin, confuse, humiliate
A: put at ease, reassure, compose

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

(Verb) uh BATE
to cease, subside; to reduce
S: mellow, slacken, fade
A: increase, grow, heighten, intensify

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

(Verb) AB duh cate
To give up a position of power
S: retire, bow out, resign, cede
A: accept, take up

Question 3

Abiding

Answer 3

(Adj) un BIDE ing
Continuing; lasting
S: long-standing, prolonged, protracted, persistent, enduring, staying, permanent
A: short-lived, ephemeral, transient, fleeting, temporary

Question 4

Abortive

Answer 4

(Adj) uh BORE tive
Not able to be completed
S: futile, bootless, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unproductive, useless, vain
A: completed, concluded, finished, consummated

Question 5

Abscond

Answer 5

(Verb) ab SKOND
to secretly run away with and hide
S: flee, decamp, fly, escape, make off

Question 6

Absolve

Answer 6

(Verb) ab ZOLV
TO FREE from blame, sin or responsibility
S: exempt, acquit, excuse, pardon, release
A: oblige, convict, condemn, denounce, rebuke

Question 7

Abstain

Answer 7

(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

Question 8

Abstruse

Answer 8

(Adj) ab STROOS
Difficult to understand
S: mysterious, perplexing, recondite, unsolvable, complex, obscure, complex, profound
A: fathomable, understandable, comprehensible, explicable, simple

Question 9

Abysmal

Answer 9

(Adj) uh BIZ muhl
Utterly hopeless; totally and profoundly terrible
S: bottomless, fathomless, abyssal, unfathomable, dreadful, appalling
A: shallow, superb, terrific, outstanding

Question 10

Accost

Answer 10

(Verb) uh KAWST
to approach boldly
S: address, hail, salute, confront, face, front, challenge, hound, pester
A: ignore, overlook, slight, avoid, elude, evade, shun

Question 11

Acquiesce

Answer 11

(Verb) ak wee ESS
To give in, surrender; to go quietly
S: assent, accede, grant, agree, consent
A: differ, veto, contest, refuse, resist

Question 12

Acrid

Answer 12

(Adj) AK rid
Harsh, sharp, offensive; pungent
S: tangy, acetic, tart, vinegary, bitter, unpleasant
A: bland, flat, insipid, tasteless

Question 13

Acrophobia

Answer 13

(Noun) ak roh FO be uh

Intense fear of heights

Question 14

Acumen

Answer 14

(Noun) ak YU men
Sharp insight; keenness of mind
S: wisdom, discernment, wit, shrewdness, expertise
A: blindness, obtuseness

Question 15

Acute

Answer 15

(Adj) uh KYOOT
sharp, keen; pointed; severe
S: pointy, peaked, spiky, barbed, sensitive
A: blunt, dull, indiscriminating

Question 16

Adherent

Answer 16

(Noun) ad HEER unt
Follower; believer; disciple
S: fanatic, enthusiast, partisan, devotee, apostle, supporter, advocate
A: disbeliever, skeptic, doubter

Question 17

Adjudicate

Answer 17

(Verb) ah DJOO duh kate
To decide by judicial procedure; to settle a case in court
S: judge, deem, arbitrate, determine

Question 18

Admonish

Answer 18

(Verb) ad MON ish
To reprimand; to scold gently; to warn strongly
S: warn, alarm, rebuke, forewarn
A: applaud, praise, compliment, commend

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

(Adj) uh DROYT
Adept (often under pressing conditions)
S: dexterous, clever, deft, handy, nimble, skillful, artful
A: maladroit, dense, phlegmatic, unskilled, artless