English Vocabulary Quiz

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Which word best describes an act of formally ending a system or practice?

  • Abridge
  • Abrogate
  • Abolish (correct)
  • Abate

Which word means "to give up one's authority or throne"?

  • Abnegate
  • Abdicate (correct)
  • Abrogate
  • Abolish

Which word describes an unreasonable, illogical, or ridiculous idea or situation?

  • Accolade
  • Absurd (correct)
  • Aberration
  • Abridgement

Which word is a synonym for "shortened version"?

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Which word refers to the process of washing oneself?

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Abate

To become less intense or widespread.

Abattoir

A place where animals are slaughtered for food.

Abdicate

To give up one's authority or throne.

Abridge

To shorten a piece of writing without losing its sense.

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Accelerate

To increase the speed of something.

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Study Notes

Phrases and One-Word Equivalents

  • Abate: Become less intense or widespread
  • Abattoir: A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption
  • Abbot: The superior of a monastery
  • Abbreviation: To reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole
  • Abdicate: To give up one's authority or throne
  • Abdication: Act of giving up (renouncing) the throne
  • Aberration: Deviation from the right course
  • Ablution: The act of washing oneself
  • Abnegate: To refuse or deny oneself
  • Abolish: Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution
  • Aboriginal: Existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists
  • Aborigines: The original inhabitants/natives of a country
  • Abridge: To shorten a piece of writing without losing the sense
  • Abridgement: A shortened version of a larger work
  • Abrogate: Cancel or do away with (a law or agreement)
  • Abscond: To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere
  • Absolution: Formal forgiveness of a person's sins
  • Absurd: Wildly unreasonable, illogical or ridiculous
  • Accelerate: To increase the speed
  • Accolade: Any award, honour or laudatory notice

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