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Question 1

ABATE

Answer 1

to cease, subside; to reduce

sym: mellow, slacken, fade

Question 2

ABDICATE

Answer 2

to give up position of power

Question 3

ABIDING

Answer 3

continuing, lasting

sym: long-standing, prolonged, protracted, persistent, enduring, staying, remaining, permanent.

Question 4

ABORTED

Answer 4

not able to be completed

sym: ineffective, unproductive, useless

Question 5

ABSCOND

Answer 5

to secretly run away with and hide

sym: decamp, make off

Question 6

ABSOLVE

Answer 6

to free from blame, sin, or responsibility

sym: acquit

Question 7

ABSTAIN

Answer 7

to voluntarily hold back; to refrain from doing something

sym: forbear

Question 8

ABSTRUSE

Answer 8

difficult to understand

sym: recondite, obscure

Question 9

ABYSMAL

Answer 9

utterly hopeless; totally and profoundly terrible

sym: appalling

Question 10

ACCOST

Answer 10

to approach boldly

sym: address, front, hail, hound, pester

Question 11

ACQUIESCE

Answer 11

to give in, surrender; to go quietly

sym: assent, accede, grant, agree, consent

Question 12

ACRID

Answer 12

harsh, sharp, offensive, pungent

sym: tangy, acidic, tart, vinegary, bitter, unpleasant

Question 13

ACROPHOBIA

Answer 13

intense fear of heights

Question 14

ACUMEN

Answer 14

sharp insight, keenness of mind

sym: discernment, shrewdness

Question 15

ACUTE

Answer 15

sharp, keen, pointed, severe

sym: sensitive

Question 16

ADHERENT

Answer 16

follower, believer, disciple

sym: partisan

Question 17

ADJUDICATE

Answer 17

to decide by judicial procedure, to settle a case in court

sym: arbitrate

Question 18

ADMONISH

Answer 18

to reprimand; to scold gently; to warn strongly

sym: rebuke

Question 19

ADROIT

Answer 19

adept (maybe under pressuring conditions)

sym: dexterous, deft

Question 20

ABASH

Answer 20

to shame; to embarrass

sym: chagrin, confuse, humiliate