Synonyms Flashcards
ABATE (To reduce)
Subside,lessen,recede,decrease,dwindle
ABASH( bring shame)
Embarrassed, ashamed, remorseful, shamefaced
ABIDE( to act according to a rule or decision)
Acknowledge, obey, follow
ABLUTION(the act of washing oneself)
Washing, Purification
ABBREVIATE(shorten a word)
Abridge, contact, shorten
ABDUCTION
Kidnapping
ABHORRENT(Inspiring disgust and loathing)
Obscene, Repulsive, Detestable, Repugnant
ABOLISH(put an end to something)
Terminate, annihilate, obliterate
ABRIDGE(shorten a book)
Abbreviate, contract, foreshorten, reduce
ABSOLUTE(perfect and pure)
Complete, total, perfect, pure
ABSOLVED(free from guilt and punishment)
CLeared, Exculpated, vindicated, exonerated
ABSTINENCE(restraining oneself from total alcohol or sex)
Temperance, sobriety, abstention
ABSTRACT(existing in thought or as an idea)
Precis, Synopsis
ABSURD(inappropriate)
Cockeyed, laughable, risible, farcical, ludicrous
ABUNDANT(available in large)
Profuse, ample, copious, plentiful
ABSCOND(leave secretly)
Run away, escape
AMELIORATE(MAKE SOMETHING bad )
Meliorate, mitigate
ARDUOUS( requiring constant hard work)
Onerous, taxing, laborious, vigorous, burdensome, strenuous
ASCETIC(severe self-discipline from all forms of indulgence)
Austere, self-denying, spartan, abstemious
AUSTERE(strict / no comfort)
severe, stern, strict/ascetic, sober, spartan
AXIOM(a statement which is regarded as being established)
Truism, principle
