Synonyms Flashcards

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ABATE (To reduce)

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Subside,lessen,recede,decrease,dwindle

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ABASH( bring shame)

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Embarrassed, ashamed, remorseful, shamefaced

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ABIDE( to act according to a rule or decision)

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Acknowledge, obey, follow

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ABLUTION(the act of washing oneself)

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Washing, Purification

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ABBREVIATE(shorten a word)

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Abridge, contact, shorten

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ABDUCTION

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Kidnapping

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ABHORRENT(Inspiring disgust and loathing)

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Obscene, Repulsive, Detestable, Repugnant

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ABOLISH(put an end to something)

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Terminate, annihilate, obliterate

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ABRIDGE(shorten a book)

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Abbreviate, contract, foreshorten, reduce

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ABSOLUTE(perfect and pure)

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Complete, total, perfect, pure

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ABSOLVED(free from guilt and punishment)

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CLeared, Exculpated, vindicated, exonerated

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ABSTINENCE(restraining oneself from total alcohol or sex)

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Temperance, sobriety, abstention

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ABSTRACT(existing in thought or as an idea)

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Precis, Synopsis

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ABSURD(inappropriate)

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Cockeyed, laughable, risible, farcical, ludicrous

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ABUNDANT(available in large)

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Profuse, ample, copious, plentiful

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ABSCOND(leave secretly)

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Run away, escape

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AMELIORATE(MAKE SOMETHING bad )

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Meliorate, mitigate

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ARDUOUS( requiring constant hard work)

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Onerous, taxing, laborious, vigorous, burdensome, strenuous

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ASCETIC(severe self-discipline from all forms of indulgence)

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Austere, self-denying, spartan, abstemious

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AUSTERE(strict / no comfort)

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severe, stern, strict/ascetic, sober, spartan

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AXIOM(a statement which is regarded as being established)

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Truism, principle