1-20 Words

Question 0

Abate

Answer 0

To cease, subside, to reduce.
Syn: mellow slacken, fade
Ant: increase, grow, heighten, intensify.
Verb

Question 1

Abash

Answer 1

Verb
To shame, embarrass
Accent on Bash
Syn: chagrin, Confuse, humiliate
Ant: put at ease, reassure, compose

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

To give up a position of power.
Syn: retire, bow out, resign, cede
Ant: accept, take up
Verb

Question 3

Abiding

Answer 3

Adj.
Continuing, lasting
Syn: long lasting, prolonged, protracted.
Ant: short lived.

Question 4

Abortive

Answer 4

Adj.
Not able to be completed.
Syn: futile, bootless, fruitless.
Ant: completed, concluded

Question 5

Abscond

Answer 5

Verb
To secretly run away with and hide.
Syn: flee, decamp, fly, escape, make off

Question 6

Absolve

Answer 6

Verb
To free from blame, sin, or responsibility.
Syn: exempt, acquit, excuse, pardon, release.
Ant: oblige, convict, condemn, denounce, rebuke.

Question 7

Abstain

Answer 7

Verb
To voluntarily hold back; to refrain from doing something.
Syn: forbear, hold back, withhold
Ant: partake, indulge in

Question 8

Abstruse

Answer 8

Adj.
Difficult to understand
Syn: mysterious, perplexing
Ant: fathomable, understandable, simple

Question 9

Abysmal

Answer 9

Adj.
Utterly hopeless; totally and profoundly terrible.
Syn: bottomless, fathomless, abyssal
Ant: shallow, superb, terrific

Question 10

Accost

Answer 10

Verb
To approach boldly.
Syn: address, hail, salute
Ant: ignore, overlook, slight, evade

Question 11

Acquiesce

Answer 11

Verb
To give in, surrender; to go quietly.
Syn: assent, accede, grant
Ant: differ, veto, contest

Question 12

Acrid

Answer 12

Adj.
harsh, sharp, offensive; pungent
Syn: tangy, acetic, tart, vinegary, bitter, unpleasant.
Ant: bland, flat, insipid, tasteless

Question 13

Acrophobia

Answer 13

Intense fear of heights.

Noun

Question 14

Acumen

Answer 14

Noun
Sharp insight; keenness of mind
Syn: wisdom, discernment, wit
Ant: blindness, obtuseness

Question 15

Acute

Answer 15

Adj.
Sharp, keen, pointed; severe
Syn: pointy, peaked, spiky, barbed, sensitive.
Ant: blunt, dull undiscriminating

Question 16

Adherent

Answer 16

Noun
Follower; believer; disciple
Syn: fanatic, enthusiastic, partisan, devotee.
Ant: disbeliever, skeptic, doubter

Question 17

Adjudicate

Answer 17

Verb
To decide by judicial procedure; to settle a case in court.
Syn: judge, deem, arbitrate, determine

Question 18

Admonish

Answer 18

Verb
To reprimand; to scold gently; to warn strongly.
Syn: warn alarm, rebuke, forewarn
Ant: applaud, praise, compliment, commend

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

Adj
Adept (often under pressing conditions)
Syn: dexterous, clever, deft, handy
Ant: maladroit, sense, phlegmatic, unskilled