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What is the one-word substitute for 'to decide and state officially in court'?
What is the one-word substitute for 'to decide and state officially in court'?
- Act
- Activate
- Adhere
- Acquit (correct)
What is someone called who performs difficult physical feats as a job?
What is someone called who performs difficult physical feats as a job?
- Adonis
- Addict
- Acrobat (correct)
- Acrophobia
What is the term for fear of heights?
What is the term for fear of heights?
- Agnostic
- Algophobia
- Acrophobia (correct)
- Aggrandize
What is a word formed from the initial letters of other words called?
What is a word formed from the initial letters of other words called?
Which word describes causing a reason for legal action?
Which word describes causing a reason for legal action?
What word means sharpness and accuracy of judgment?
What word means sharpness and accuracy of judgment?
What is someone who is physically dependent on harmful drugs called?
What is someone who is physically dependent on harmful drugs called?
What is the period between puberty and adulthood called?
What is the period between puberty and adulthood called?
What describes something related to beauty or the appreciation of beauty?
What describes something related to beauty or the appreciation of beauty?
What is a list of items to be discussed at a meeting called?
What is a list of items to be discussed at a meeting called?
What is the one-word substitution for 'become less intense or widespread'?
What is the one-word substitution for 'become less intense or widespread'?
A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food is called?
A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food is called?
What do you call the superior of a monastery?
What do you call the superior of a monastery?
Which word means 'to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole'?
Which word means 'to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole'?
What is the meaning of the word 'abdicate'?
What is the meaning of the word 'abdicate'?
The act of giving up the throne is known as?
The act of giving up the throne is known as?
Deviation from the right course is best described as which of the following?
Deviation from the right course is best described as which of the following?
The act of washing oneself is called?
The act of washing oneself is called?
The act of formally putting an end to a system, practice, or institution is called?
The act of formally putting an end to a system, practice, or institution is called?
Existing in a land from the earliest times is described as?
Existing in a land from the earliest times is described as?
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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
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Abolish
Abolish
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Aborigines
Aborigines
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Abscond
Abscond
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Accolade
Accolade
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Acerbic
Acerbic
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Acoustic
Acoustic
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Acquit
Acquit
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Acrobat
Acrobat
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Acronym
Acronym
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Acrophobia
Acrophobia
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Actionable
Actionable
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Activate
Activate
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Acumen
Acumen
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Adhere
Adhere
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Adolescent
Adolescent
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Aesthetic
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Study Notes
One Word Substitutions
- Abate (V.) - become less intense or widespread
- Abattoir (N.) - a place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food
- Abbreviation (N.) - a superior of a monastery
- Abdicate (V.) - to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole
- Abdication (N.) - to give up one's authority or throne
- Abhor (V.) - Act of giving up (renouncing) the throne
- Aberration (N.) - deviation from the right course
- Ablution (N.) - the act of washing oneself
- Abnegate (V.) - To refuse or deny oneself
- Abolish (V.) - formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution
- Aboriginal (Adj.) - existing or from before the earliest times or in a land from the arrival of colonists
- Aborigines (N.) - The original inhabitants/natives of a country
- Abridge (V.) - to shorten a piece of writing without losing the sense
- Abridgment (N.) - a shortened version of a larger work
- Abrogate (V.) - Cancel or do away with (a law or agreement)
- Abscond (V.) - to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from a person's sins
- Absolution (N.) - formal forgiveness of a person's sins
- Absurd (Adj.) - wildly unreasonable, illogical or ridiculous
- Accelerate (V.) - to increase the speed
- Acccolade (N.) - Any award, honour or laudatory notice
- Accomplice (N.) - A person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong
- Accord (V.) - be harmonious or consistent with
- Accord (N.) - a partner in crime
- Accountant (Adj.) - a person whose profession is to keep accounts
- Acerbic (Adj.) - sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc.
- Acoustics (N.) - The scientific study of sound
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This lesson covers one word substitutions. It defines terms such as 'abate', 'abattoir', 'abbreviation', 'abdicate', and 'abolish', and provides context for their proper usage. Improve your vocabulary!
