Abate
Synonyms: Decline, Diminish, Shrink.
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compress, condense, constrict, contract;evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), melt(away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish; slacken, slow(down); alleviate, relax; flag, sink, weaken; cave (in),collapse, deflate.
Antonyms: Accumulate, Mushroom, Swell.
Sentence: However as the weather front moved through the wind abated and with it came sunshine and a changing wind direction.
Aberrant
Meaning: Being out of ordinary.
Synonyms: Abnormal, anomalous, Peculiar, Uncustomary.
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conspicuous, notable, noticeable,outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, triking;bizarre, deviant, eccentric, freakish, monstrous, oddball,outlandish, quaint, strange, weird; incomprehensible,inconceivable, incredible, unimaginable, unthinkable.
Antonyms: Natural, Normal, Standard.
Sentence: This was a year of aberrant weather-record rainfall in summer, record heat in autumn.
Abeyance
Synonyms: deep freeze, doldrums,dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium,quiescence, suspended animation, suspense.
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inaction, inertia, inertness,motionlessness; impasse, standstill; coma, hibernation,hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, torpor; recess,recession, remission; downtime, idleness, layoff.
Antonyms: continuation.Sentence: our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast
Abscond
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avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun; decamp,depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally(forth), shove (off), take off, walk out; disentangle,extricate; bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free,liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue,spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Antonyms: abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain,stay, stick around, tarry; come back, return
Sentence: The driver of the car then absconded from the vehicle after the terrible accident.
Abstemious
Meaning: moderate, esp. in eating and drinking; temperate.
Synonyms: abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober, temperate
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ascetic (also ascetical), austere;disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
Antonyms: abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain,stay, stick around, tarry; come back, return
Sentence:
2. abstemious personal habits, he was endlessly generous to his students.
Admonish
Meaning: to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault.
Related Words:
berate, castigate, chew out, dress down,flay, harangue, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast),lecture, rail (at or against), rate, scold, score, upbraid;abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure,condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss)[slang], excoriate, fault, knock, lash, pan, reprehend,slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage, minimize, mock, put down; deride, ridicule, scoff, scorn.
Sentence:
Mommy puts Sammy down while gently admonishing her to be more careful, Sammy totally ignores Mommy's warning.
Adulterate
Meaning:
1. To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
2. relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
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unclarified, unfiltered, unrefined; befouled,begrimed, bemired, besmirched, corrupted, debased,defiled, dirtied, fouled, maculate (or maculated), soiled,spoiled, sullied; blended, commingled, incorporated,intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled, mixed;coalesced, combined, compounded; cheapened, doctored.
Antonyms: fine, pure, ultrapure, unadulterated, unalloyed,uncontaminated, uncut, undiluted, unmixed, unpolluted,untainted
Sentence:
1. the pharmacist was convicted of selling adulterate drugs in order to maximize profits.
2. caught red-handed in what he claimed was his first adulterate encounter.
Aesthetic
Meaning: very pleasing to look at, artistic.
Related Words:
alluring, appealing, charming, cunning,delightful, engaging, fascinating, glamorous (alsoglamourous), prepossessing; elegant, exquisite, glorious,Junoesque, magnificent, resplendent, splendid,statuesque, sublime, superb; flawless, perfect, radiant;dainty, delicate; personable, pleasant, presentable;chocolate-box, prettyish; desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy,hot, luscious, nubile, pulchritudinous, seductive, sexy,tasty, toothsome, yummy.
Antonyms: grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain,ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely,uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty,unsightly
Sentence:
an aesthetic arrangement of the floral decorations.
Aggregate
Meaning: a complete amount of something.
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Alacrity
Meaning: cheerful readiness to do something.
Synonyms: amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness,willingness
Related Words:
celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed,speediness, swiftness; dispatch, promptitude,promptness; ardor, avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm,exuberance, fervor, gusto, keenness, relish, zeal, zest;agreeableness, geniality, good-naturedness, heartiness,warmth; open-mindedness, receptiveness, receptivity,responsiveness
Antonyms: leisureliness, pokiness, slowness,sluggishness; apathy, disinterestedness,halfheartedness, indifference, lukewarmness,perfunctoriness; delay, dilatoriness, doubt, equivocation,hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, reservation,reticence, uncertainty, vacillation; disinclination,indisposition, recalcitrance, resistance, unwillingness;antipathy, averseness, aversion
Sentence:
After getting the driving licence, he agreed with alacrity to take me to the airport.
