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Abase

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v.
Syn: lower; humiliate
Ant: exalt; elevate; honor; raise; promote
Usage: To add insult to injury, he further abased her by
throwing the report at her in the presence of the rest of the staff.

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abash

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v.
Syn: embarrass
Ant: encourage; cheer; animate; embolden; incite
Usage: The writer felt abashed seeing the amount of attention he was receiving.

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abdicate

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v.
Syn: renounce; give up; relinquish
Ant: occupy; retain; maintain
Usage: He abdicated his entire estate and retired into the forest, spending the rest of his life in a log cabin.

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aberrant

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adj.
Syn: abnormal; deviant
Ant: normal
Usage: Normally a calm and steady worker, recently Jim’s behavior has been noted to be aberrant.

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abeyance

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n.
Syn: suspended action; inactivity; cessation; suspension
Ant: continuance
Usage: But these rights of adulthood are in abeyance during the period of pupilage or nonage.

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abjure

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v.       [æbˈdʒʊr]
Syn: renounce; repudiate; retract 
Ant: claim; assert; profess; vindicate; 
retain; maintain, hold 
Usage: To save his skin, he simply adjured every statement they had made, humbling under their pressure.
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abnegation

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n. [ˌæbnəˈgeɪʃən]
Syn: repudiation; self-sacrifice; relinquishment
Ant: assertion; retention; maintenance; hold
Usage: But this abnegation of responsibility is bringing with it the anarchy, chaos, and violence in society.

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abominate

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v. [əˈbɑməˌneɪt]
Syn: loathe; hate
Ant: love; abide
Usage: He has such a loathsome personality that any sane person would abominate him.

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abrasive

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adj. [əˈbreɪsɪv]
Syn: caustic; corrosive; rubbing away;
tending to grind down or abrade;
causing irritation, annoyance, or bad feelings
Ant: calm; mild; soothing; likable
Usage: The builder explained that the material was abrasive and hence would easily crumble to powder.

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abridge

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v. [əˈbrɪdʒ]
Syn: condense or shorten
Ant: lengthen, append
Usage: The key issues are listed below in an abridged version of the mail sent to him.

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abrogate

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(adj) [AB-ruh-geyt]
Syn: abolish; nullify
Ant: approve; establish; sanction; support
Usage: It was Abraham Lincoln who took the initiative to abrogate slavery in America.

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abscission

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(n)
Syn: removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation; section
Ant: joining; recombination
Usage: The doctor explained that the planned abscission of the patient’s toe was a necessary amputation to save his life from the spreading infection.

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abscond

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ABSCOND (v) [ab-SKOND] [æbˈskɑnd]
Syn: depart secretly and hide, escape
Ant: appear; emerge; show; stay; remain
Usage: The culprit is said to be absconding with the bank robbery proceeds.

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abstain

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ABSTAIN (v) [ab-STEYN]
Syn: refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
Syn: participate; act; consume
Usage: On every Tuesday of the month, Jim abstains from consuming meat and alcohol.

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abstemious

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ABSTEMIOUS (adj) [ab-STEE-mee-uh s] [(æbˈstimiəs]
Syn: Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Ant: intemperate; gluttonous; greedy
Usage: Roderick chooses to remain abstemious when the rest of his colleagues meet up for drinks.

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abstinence

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(n) [AB-stuh-nuhns] [ˈæbstənəns]
Syn: self-restraint; restraint from eating, drinking, having sex, or indulging any other appetites
Ant: indulging; consumption; participation
Usage: Spiritual ascetics preach a complete abstinence from the pleasures of world.

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abstruse

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ABSTRUSE (adj) [ab-STROOS] [æbˈstrus]
Syn: obscure; profound
Ant: evident; visible; obvious
Usage: It’s clever, fun and makes a fairly abstruse point very neatly for even the most inexperienced to understand.

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abut

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ABUT (v) [uh-BUHT]
Syn: border upon; adjoin
Ant: separate
Usage: A gravel terrace abuts the rear of the main house with a further brick path to the side of the farmhouse kitchen.

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accede

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ACCEDE (v) [ak-SEED]
Syn: agree; approve; assent
Ant: antagonize, dissent; demur; protest
Usage: Shelly acceded to the request of Jill and stayed back for group study.

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accessible

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ACCESSIBLE (adj) [ak-SES-uh-buh l]
Syn: easy to approach; obtainable
Ant: inaccessible; hard to reach
Usage: The cliff-top at Skorda is easily accessible through a ski lift.

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accessory

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ACCESSORY (n) [ak-SES-uh-ree]
Syn: additional object; useful but not essential thing
Ant: necessity; essential item
Usage: Today a trendy cellphone is not just a gadget, but also a fashion accessory to flaunt in public.

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gadget

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GADGET (n) [ˈgædʒɪt]
A small specialized mechanical or electronic device;
Syn: contrivance
Usage: These gadgets used to be seen only in designer kitchens, but are now included in less expensive ones too.

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flaunt

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FLAUNT (v) [flɔːnt]
Syn: display proudly and ostentatiously; show off;
Usage: One secret he learned very early on was not to flaunt his success.

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indulge

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INDULGE (v)
Syn: yield to; pander; gratify
Usage: You can indulge yourself without spending a fortune.

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ascetic

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ASCETIC (n/adj) [əsetɪk]
Syn: self-denying; austere (ɔˈstɪər)
Usage: She has never been close to her ascetic, workaholic father.

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preach

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PREACH (v)
Syn: deliver a sermon; prophesy (ˈprɒf əˌsaɪ)
Usage: The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people.

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acclivity

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ACCLIVITY (n) [uh-KLIV-i-tee]
Syn: sharp upslope of a hill; ascent
Ant: declivity; descent
Usage: It is delightfully situated on a bold acclivity, one mile east of the church, looking down on the village.

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accolade

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ACCOLADE (n) [AK-uh-leyd] [ˈækəˌleɪd ]
Syn: award of merit; recognition of accomplishment
Ant: criticism; demerits
Usage: She has been winning many accolades for her achievements.

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accord

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ACCORD (n) [uh-KAWRD]
Syn: agreement; treaty
Ant: difference; disagreement; withholding; refusal; denial
Usage: The talks between the two Presidents led to an accord with a number of new agreements being signed by the two countries.

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accost

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ACCOST (v) [uh-KAWST]
Syn: approach and speak first to a person
Ant: shun; pass; elude; ignore; avoid
Usage: Just as she was emerging from the bank, two men accosted her, grabbed her handbag, and made off in a waiting car.

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accouter

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ACCOUTER (v) [uh-KOO-ter] [əˈkutər]
Syn: equip; outfit
Ant: disrobe;
Usage: Her primary job was to fashionably accouter the women in the royal house-hold.

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accretion

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ACCRETION (n) [uh-KREE-shuh n] 
Syn: growth; increase; addition 
Syn: shrinkage; deduction; decrease 
Usage: There was no point in attempting accretion of more wealth when he knew that everything his affluent parents owned would eventually be handed down to 
him.
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accrue

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ACCRUE (v) [uh-KROO]
Syn: accumulate; pile up; grow; collect
Ant: divest; shrink; decrease; lose
Usage: There was no point in attempting to accrue more wealth when he knew that everything his affluent parents owned would eventually be handed down to him.

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acerbity

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ACERBITY (n) [uh-SUR-bi-tee]
Syn: bitterness of speech and temper; harshness; severity
Ant: sweetness; mellowness; mildness
Usage: The party members showed acerbity in their harsh criticism of the leader’s Divide and Rule policy.

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acidulous

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ACIDULOUS (adj) [uh-SIJ-uh-luhs]
Syn: slightly sour; sharp; caustic
Ant: sweet; sugary
Usage: People around Sheena are terrified of her acidulous tongue.

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acoustics

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ACOUSTICS (n) [uh-KOO-stiks]
Syn: science of sound
Usage: The ceiling slanted down toward the screen to improve acoustics.

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acquiesce

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ACQUIESCE (v) [ak-wee-ES]
Syn: assent; agree without fuss; comply
Ant: dissent; demur; object; protest; resist; oppose
Usage: After a lot of pressure, the President decided to acquiesce to the people’s demands and moved to withdraw the troops.

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acquittal

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ACQUITTAL (n) [uh-KWIT-l]
Syn: deliverance from a charge
Ant: conviction
Usage: The mafia don called for a huge celebration on account of his acquittal of all felony charges.

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acrophobia

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ACROPHOBIA (n) [ak-ruh-FOH-bee-uh]
Syn: fear of heights
Usage: Jack did not join his friends for mountaineering as he suffered from acrophobia.

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actuarial

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ACTUARIAL (adj) [AK-choo-er-ee]
Syn: calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
Usage: The actuarial statistics show that people are living into a higher age these days than ten years back.

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actuate

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ACTUATE (v) [AK-choo-eyt]
Syn: motivate; impel; incite
Ant: dissuade; prevent; deter; hinder; discourage
Usage: Bob was actuated toward committing the crime because of his heavy debts.

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acuity

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ACUITY (n) [uh-KYOO-i-tee]
Syn: sharpness
Ant: stupidity
Usage: His sense of acuity and acumen was amazingly sharp even at this age.

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