Monday, February 22, 2010

Wellcome to GRE Picture Dictionary and Wordlist A1: Abandon to Abeyance

Accomplishing arduous task like craking GRE with flying colours behooves on you to get proper and powerful start. Obviously a good starting is that understanding all the words that are present. Here I'm starting and will try to post at least 10-15 words daily

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1. ABANDON [uh-ban-duhn]
(v) to forsake completely; to give up; discontinue; withdraw from:
 
Synonyms: 
relinquish, forgo, desert, quit.

Antonyms: 
retain, undertake, follow, continue.

Usage:
The house was abandoned by the owners



2. ABASE [uh-beys] 
(v) cause to feel shame; to reduce or lower, as in rank, reputation, or estimation.
 
Synonyms: 
humiliate, dishonor, defame, belittle, demean, lower.

Antonyms: 
praise, extol.

Usage:
He abased his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss



3. ABASH [uh-bash]
(v) To make ashamed or uneasy; cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious.


Synonyms:
 embarrass, disconcert, discompose, discomfit, upset.
Antonyms:  
self-love, self-esteem, upgrade, comfort, exalt. 

Usage:
It seems Mr. Bush was abashed by the china president. 


4. ABATE [uh-beyt]
(v) to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; to deduct or subtract.

Synonyms:
moderate, decline, recede, subside, subdue, lessen, weaken.

Antonyms:  
magnify, intensify, enhance, strengthen, increase, exaggerate, multiply.


Usage:
1. Rather than leaving immediately  they waited for the storm to abate.
2. The pain in his shoulder finally abated.



5. ABBREVIATE [uh-bree-vee-eyt]
(v) to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer.

Synonyms:
abstract, abridge, shorten, condense, curtail.
Antonyms:  
lengthen, prolong, protract, extend, expand, increase

Usage:
The audience forced the boring orator to abbreviate his  prolong speech.



6. ABDICATE [ab-di-keyt]
 (v) to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner.

Synonyms:
relinquish, renounce, retire, repudiate.


Antonyms:  
hold, maintain, assert, assume, challenge, claim, treasure, usurp.

Usage:
King Ralph VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.


7. ABDUCT [ab-duhkt]
(v) to remove (a person) by force or cunning; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.

Synonyms:
kidnap, snatch, nobble, hijack, spirit away.

 Antonyms:  
give away, deliver, surrender, let go, release


Usage:
The industrialist's wife was abducted



8. ABERRANT [uh-ber-uhnt]

(adj) deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; deviating from truth, morality, etc.

Synonyms:
abnormal, deviant, unusual, diverging,  anomalistic. 


Antonyms:  
normal, custom, standard, usual, same

Usage:
*An aberrant snake was found in the forest thivan.
*His aberrant nature cost him his job.



9. ABET [uh-bet]
(v)  to assist or encourage, esp. in crime or wrongdoing.

Synonyms: 
aid, assist, encourage, succour.

Antonyms: 
hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, discourage.  

Usage:
We shall strike hard at terrorists and those who abet them.


 


10. ABEYANCE [uh-bey-uhns] 
(n) a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily

Synonyms:
dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency,  quiescence, suspension, remission, deferral.


Antonyms: 
continuance, revival, renewal, activity..  

Usage:
The committee decided to held the plan in abeyance