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Question 1

abase (v) -> abasement (n)

Answer 1

to degrade/ to act in a way that shows that you accept somebody’s power over you

E.g.: the enforced abasement of workers before the corporate ethos

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Question 2

abash (v) -> abashed (adj) >< unabashed: not affected by others’ negative idea

Answer 2

to embarrass

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Question 3

abate (v) -> abatement (n)

Answer 3

to decrease

The storm shows no sign of abating.

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Question 4

abattoir

Answer 4

a slaughterhouse

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Question 5

abdicate (v) -> abdication (n)

Answer 5

to give up

the complete abdication of responsibility of the government

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Question 6

aberration (n) -> aberrant (adj)

Answer 6

a deviation/ ​a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable

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Question 7

abet -> aid and abet

Answer 7

to aid

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Question 8

abeyance
-> in abeyance: not being used, or being stopped for a period of time

Answer 8

temporary suspension

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Question 9

abhor (v) -> abhorrent (adj) -> abhorrence (n)

Answer 9

to detest

detestation (n) -> detestable (adj)

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Question 10

abject (adj) -> abjectly (adv)

Answer 10

miserable

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Question 11

abjure (v) = renounce

Answer 11

to give up on oath

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Question 12

ablution

Answer 12

washing the body

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Question 13

abnegate -> abnegation (n)

Answer 13

to renounce

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Question 14

abominate
-> abomination (n) : a thing that is hated

Answer 14

to loathe

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Question 15

aboriginal

Answer 15

first; existing someplace since the beginning

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Question 16

abort (v) -> abortion (n) -> abortionist (n) -> abortive (adj): unsuccessful

Answer 16

to cut short

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Question 17

abrade (v) -> abrasion (n) -> abrasive (adj)

Answer 17

to rub off

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Question 18

abridge

Answer 18

to shorten

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Question 19

abrogate (v) -> abrogation (n)

Answer 19

to cancel by authority

syn: repeal

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Question 20

abscond
She absconded from every children’s home they placed her in.

Answer 20

to run away

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Question 21

absolve
The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident.

Answer 21

to free of guilt

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Question 22

abstemious

Answer 22

moderate in eating and drinking

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Question 23

abstract
Abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted to the conference committee who will decide which papers to accept.

Answer 23

a summary

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Question 24

abstruse

Answer 24

hard to understand

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Question 25

abut
His land abuts onto a road.

Answer 25

to border on

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Question 26

abysmal
The council has an abysmal record on education.

Answer 26

bottomless; wretched; terrible

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Question 27

accede
He acceded to demands for his resignation.

Answer 27

to take on the duties (of); to attain (to)

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Question 28

acclivity

Answer 28

an upward slope

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Question 29

accolade
Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.

Answer 29

a demonstration of honor

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Question 30

accouterments

Answer 30

one’s clothes

Accoutred (adj): dressed in a particular type of clothing or having a particular type of equipment, especially a type that is impressive or likely to attract attention

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Question 31

accretion

Answer 31

accumulation

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Question 32

accrue

Answer 32

to accumulate

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Question 33

acerbity (n) -> acerbic (adj)

Answer 33

sharpness

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Question 34

acme
the acme of engineering achievement

Answer 34

a peak

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Question 35

acquiesce

Answer 35

to yield

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Question 36

acquit

Answer 36

to clear of a charge

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Question 37

acrid

Answer 37

sharp

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Question 38

acrimony

Answer 38

bitterness

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Question 39

actuate

Answer 39

to put into motion

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Question 40

acumen

Answer 40

keenness

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Question 41

adage
According to the old adage, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Answer 41

an old saying

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Question 42

adamant

Answer 42

unyielding; determined not to change your mind or to be persuaded about something

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Question 43

adduce = cite

Answer 43

to give as proof

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Question 44

adept >< inept

Answer 44

skilled; expert

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Question 45

adhere

Answer 45

to stay fast

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Question 46

adipose

Answer 46

fatty

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Question 47

adjudicate

Answer 47

to judge

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Question 48

adjunct
The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer.

Answer 48

something added

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Question 49

adjure
He adjured them to tell the truth.

Answer 49

to charge under oath; to ask or to order somebody to do something

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Question 50

admonish

Answer 50

to warn

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Question 51

adroit

Answer 51

skillful

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Question 52

adulterate (v) -> adulteration (n)

Answer 52

to make impure/ contaminate

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Question 53

adumbration

Answer 53

a foreshadowing; an outlining; the act of giving the main facts and not the details about something, or something that gives these main facts

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