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Which word best describes an act of formally ending a system or practice?
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"?
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?
Which word describes an unreasonable, illogical, or ridiculous idea or situation?
- Accolade
- Absurd (correct)
- Aberration
- Abridgement
Which word is a synonym for "shortened version"?
Which word is a synonym for "shortened version"?
Which word refers to the process of washing oneself?
Which word refers to the process of washing oneself?
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Abate
Abate
To become less intense or widespread.
Abattoir
Abattoir
A place where animals are slaughtered for food.
Abdicate
Abdicate
To give up one's authority or throne.
Abridge
Abridge
To shorten a piece of writing without losing its sense.
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Accelerate
Accelerate
To increase the speed of something.
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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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