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Abdicate = To publicly support or recommend a cause or policy Abolish = To officially end a law, system, or practice Accommodate = To understand or grasp something Accumulate = To gather or collect over time
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Advocate = To achieve or accomplish something through effort Alleviate = To make something less severe or painful Ambiguous = Open to more than one interpretation; unclear Anomaly = Something that deviates from the norm or expectation
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Apprehend = To renounce a position of power or responsibility Arbitrary = Based on random choice or personal whim Attain = To develop a skill or quality over time Augment = To make something larger or more intense
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Study Notes
Words Relating to Power and Authority
- Abdicate: Giving up a position of power or responsibility, often a monarch giving up their throne.
- Abolish: Officially ending a law, system, or practice, like abolishing slavery.
- Advocate: Publicly supporting or recommending a cause or policy, like an advocate for animal rights.
Words Relating to Change and Development
- Accumulate: Gathering or collecting over time, like accumulating wealth or knowledge.
- Alleviate: Making something less severe or painful, like alleviating poverty
- Augment: Making something larger or more intense, like augmenting one's salary.
- Assimilate: Absorbing or integrating into a wider society or culture, like immigrants assimilating into a new country.
- Cultivate: Developing a skill or quality over time, like cultivating a talent for music.
Words Relating to Understanding and Logic
- Apprehend: Comprehending or grasping something, like apprehending a complex concept.
- Arbitrary: Based on random choice or whim, not reason or system, like an arbitrary decision.
- Ambiguous: Open to multiple interpretations, unclear, like an ambiguous statement.
- Anomaly: Something that deviates from the norm, like an anomaly in the data.
- Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question, like a philosophical conundrum.
- Convoluted: Extremely complex and difficult to follow, like convoluted reasoning.
Words Relating to Society and Behavior
- Accommodate: Providing what is needed or desired, like accommodating guests in a hotel.
- Conform: Complying with rules, standards, or norms, like conforming to social expectations.
- Constituent: A member of a group represented by an elected official, like voters who are constituents of a representative.
- Decorum: Proper behavior showing respect and good manners, like maintaining decorum at a formal event.
- Dissent: Holding or expressing an opinion different from the majority, like dissenting from a popular view.
- Empathy: Understanding and sharing the feelings of another, like showing empathy for someone in distress.
Words Relating to Ideas and Communication
- Circumvent: Finding a way around an obstacle or issue, like circumventing a traffic jam.
- Contingency: A future event that is possible but unpredictable, like a contingency plan for emergencies.
- Eclectic: Deriving ideas from diverse sources, like an eclectic mix of music styles.
- Endorse: Publicly supporting or approving something, like endorsing a candidate for office.
- Evoke: Bringing a feeling, memory, or image to mind, like evoking a sense of nostalgia.
- Exemplify: Illustrating by example, like exemplifying a concept with a real-world case.
Words Related to Character
- Benevolent: Well-meaning and kindly, like a benevolent ruler.
- Capricious: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes in behavior, like a capricious decision.
- Discrepancy: A lack of compatibility between facts or claims, like a discrepancy in the data.
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Explore essential vocabulary related to power, authority, change, and development. This quiz will test your knowledge of words that describe the dynamics of influence and comprehension in society. Expand your understanding and use of these significant terms in various contexts.
