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:
Usage:
The industrialist's wife was abducted
8. ABERRANT [uh-ber-uh(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.
We shall strike hard at terrorists and those who abet them.
10. ABEYANCE [uh-bey-uh
(n) a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily
Synonyms:
dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency, quiescence, suspension, remission, deferral.
Antonyms:
continuance, revival, renewal, activity..
The committee decided to held the plan in abeyance
