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Synoyms and Anntonyms Exercises and Explanations

 

Synonyms

 

·         Adhere: "you must adhere to the rules"

I do not adhere to any organized religion"

: Comply-  you must comply with the law.

Pupils who fail to comply with the rules will be punished.

 : Observe-he refuses to observe our laws.

Antonyms

 

Condemn-We strongly condemn this attack against our allies.

The government condemns all acts of terrorism.

Disjoin- The policeman disjoined him from the crowd.

Synonyms

 

·         Abolish- "Chancellor has said he will abolish hospital accommodation charges for pensioners."

·         When we've finished doing this we will then abolish the entire department.

 

: Abrogate- "a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike"

"In 1975, Moscow decided to abrogate this agreement

 :Annul- The marriage was annulled after just one day.

Antonyms

 

Setup- She plans to set up her own business.

They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.

·         Establish- "she worked hard to establish herself as a fashion designer.

 

The two countries have established diplomatic relations.


  Synonyms

Acumen: Awareness, Brilliance


Business acumen, Political acumen

we need to raise public awareness of the issue

he's played the stock market with great brilliance


Antonyms


:Stupidity, Ignorance


Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity

I can't believe the stupidity of some people. 

I now realize the stupidity of that statement.

 It was sheer stupidity on the part of the crew.

  • Our fear is based on ignorance, they loftily believe, and can be safely dismissed."

  • "he acted in ignorance of basic procedures"


Synonyms


Synonyms

Abash: Disconcert, rattle

The fact that they seemed to wish to get rid of him did not abash him in the least. 

His gratitude abashed me by its immensity. 

The fact that Mary was twenty years her senior did not abash her.

I found it disconcerting to be left alone in her office.

 He has a disconcerting habit of answering a question with another question.

don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital


Antonyms

Uphold, Encourage, Comfort, Soothe

   He is determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges

a pep talk that encouraged the team to get out there and win

there seemed to be no words sufficient to soothe the bereaved parents

the mourners found comfort in their pastor's words


Synonyms:

Absolve- Pardon, Forgive

Absolve from obligation,

Absolve the youngster’s sins,

Absolve him of responsibility.

Offered a pardon to the criminal,


Forgive an insult, Forgive a debt,


Antonyms:

Compel, Accuse

Compelled him to surrender, Compelled him to sign.

Accused of murder,

He accused her of being disloyal.


Synonyms:

Abjure- Forsake, Renounce

She abjured her old beliefs.

He abjured his allegiance to his former country


friends have forsaken her

forsook the theater for politics


renounce the authority of the church

renounce his errors


Antonyms: Approve, Sanction

hopes she will approve the date of the meeting

Congress approved the proposed budget.


we cannot sanction these killings

The problem is that religion provides an ultimate sanction for your actions



Synonyms:

Abject: Despicable, Servile

abject terror

abject surrender

abject misery

abject failure



this is a revenge movie, which makes us the despicable

 the way they dealt with students was despicable


he bowed his head in a servile manner

the servile condition of the peasants

servile attitude to her employees


Antonyms:

Commendable, Praiseworthy

commendable efforts

commendable job 

commendable qualities


praiseworthy attempt

praiseworthy efforts



Synonyms:

Abound- Flourish, Proliferate: प्रचुर मात्रा में

Stories abound about when he was in charge. Venice abounds in famous hotels. The book abounds with close-up images from space.


Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day.
The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.
He flourished the glass to emphasize the point.
He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes.
She tended to finish dancing with a flourish.
He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish.
Computerized data bases are proliferating fast.
In recent years commercial, cultural, travel and other contacts have proliferated between Europe and China.


Antonyms:

Deficient, Destitute

Vegetarians can become iron-deficient.

But some groups of people may be deficient in nutrients and could benefit.

What is the unique place of preaching that means that something is still deficient if the church does not engage in it?

Saints players gave time and money to help the poor and destitute.

A woman answered the knock at her door and found a destitute man.

The poet's family had become destitute in the previous bitter winter and her elderly mother had died of starvation.

It's been three weeks since the beginning of the catastrophe and more than 20m people are destitute.


Synonyms:

Abortive: Vain, Unproductive


Antonyms:

Productive











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