Vocabulary Basics: Synonyms, Page 1 (A-E)
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A
- Abandon, desert, forsake.
- Abase, debase, degrade, humble, humiliate, disgrace.
- Abettor, accessory, accomplice, confederate, conspirator.
- Abolish, repeal, rescind, revoke, abrogate, annul, nullify, cancel.
- Acknowledge, admit, confess, own, avow.
- Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, absolve>.
- Active, agile, nimble, brisk, sprightly, spry, bustling.
- Advise, counsel, admonish, caution, warn.
- Affecting, moving, touching, pathetic.
- Affront, insult, indignity.
- Afraid, fearful, frightened, alarmed, scared, aghast, terrified, timid,
- Agitate, abash, mortify, chagrin, humiliate.
- Agnostic, skeptic, infidel, unbeliever, disbeliever.
- Allay, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, mollify, relieve.
- Allow, permit, suffer, tolerate.
- Amuse, entertain, divert.
- Announce, proclaim, promulgate, report, advertise, publish, bruit, blazon, trumpet, herald.
- Answer, reply, response, rejoinder, retort, repartee.
- Antipathy, aversion, repugnance, disgust, loathing.
- Artifice, ruse, trick, dodge, maneuver, wile, stratagem, subterfuge, finesse.
- Ascend, mount, climb, scale.
- Ascribe, attribute, impute.
- Ask, inquire, question, interrogate, interpolate, query, quiz, catechize, request, beg, solicit, entreat, beseech, crave, implore.
- Assault, onslaught, brawl, melee, tournament, battle, conflict, strife.
- Asseverate, allege, assert, avouch, avow, maintain, claim, depose, augur, prognosticate.
- Associate, colleague, partner, helper, collaborator, coadjutor, companion, helpmate, mate, teammate, comrade, chum, crony, consort, accomplice, confederate.
- Attach, affix, annex, append, subjoin.
- Attack, assail, assault, invade, beset, besiege, bombard, cannonade, storm.
- Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, gawky, lanky.
B
- Begin, commence, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, start, found.
- Belief, faith, persuasion, conviction, tenet, creed.
- Belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage.
- Benevolent, charitable, gracious, humane, sympathetic.
- Bind, secure, fetter, shackle.
- Bit, jot, mite, particle, grain, atom, speck, mote, whit, iota, tittle, scintilla.
- Bite, nibble, gnaw, chew, masticate, champ.
- Blemish, stain, discoloration, speck, mark, smudge, flaw, defect, blot.
- Bluff, blunt, outspoken, downright, brusque, curt, crusty.
- Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade.
- Body, corpse, remains, relics, carcass, cadaver, corpus.
- Bombastic, sophomoric, turgid, tumid, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent.
- Boorish, churlish, loutish, clownish, rustic, ill-bred.
- Booty, plunder, loot, spoil.
- Break, crack, fracture, sever, rend, burst, smash, shatter, shiver.
- Brittle, frangible, friable, fragile, crisp.
- Building, edifice, structure, house.
- Burly, pudgy, chubby.
- Burn, scorch, singe, sear, parch, char, incinerate, cremate.
- Busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous.
C
- Call, clamor, roar, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, yell, halloo, whoop.
- Calm, still, motionless, tranquil, serene, placid.
- Care, concern, solicitude, anxiety.
- Careful, cautious, wary, circumspect, canny.
. - Celebrate, commemorate, observe.
- Charm, amulet, talisman.
- Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate, enrapture, bewitch, infatuate, enamor.
- Cheat, defraud, swindle, dupe.
- Chirrup, trill, pipe, quaver, peep, cheep, twitter.
.- Choke, strangle, suffocate, stifle, throttle.
- Choose, pick, select, cull, elect.
- Clash, collision, contest, skirmish, encounter, brush, bout, set-to.
- Cleft, chasm, fissure, gap, opening, interstice, burrow, crater, eyelet.
- Coax, wheedle, cajole, tweedle, persuade, inveigle.
- Color, hue, shade, tint, tinge, tincture.
- Combine, unite, consolidate, merge, amalgamate, weld, incorporate, confederate.
- Comfort, console, solace.
- Complain, grumble, growl, murmur, repine, whine, croak.
- Complaint, disorder, distemper, infirmity, malady.
- Concise, terse, succinct, compendious, compact, sententious, pithy.
- Condescend, deign, vouchsafe.
- Confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify.
- Confirmed, habitual, inveterate, chronic.
- Connect, join, link, couple, attach, unite.
- Consternation, panic, terror, horror, misgiving, anxiety, scare, tremor, coruscate.
.- Continual, continuous, unceasing, incessant, endless, uninterrupted, unremitting, constant, perpetual, perennial.
- Contract, agreement, bargain, compact, covenant, stipulation.
- Copy, duplicate, counterpart, likeness, reproduction, replica, facsimile.
- Corrupt, depraved, perverted, vitiated.
- Costly, expensive, dear.
- Coterie, clique, cabal, circle, set, faction, party.
- Courage, bravery, resolution, dauntlessness, gallantry, boldness,
- Critical, judicial, impartial, carping, caviling, captious, censorious.
- Crooked, awry, askew.
- Cross, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, irritable, irascible, angry.
- Crowd, throng, horde, host, mass, multitude, press, jam, concourse.
- Cruel, brutal, ferocious, fierce, savage, barbarous, truculent,
- Crusty, cynical, misanthropic, saturnine, splenetic.
- Cry, weep, sob, snivel, whimper, blubber, bawl, squall, howl, wail>.
- Curious, inquisitive, prying, meddlesome.
- Cut, cleave, hack, haggle, notch, slash, gash, split, chop, hew, lop.
D
- Dainty, delicate, exquisite, choice, rare.
- Danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, risk.
- Darken, obscure, bedim, obfuscate.
- Dead, lifeless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, extinct.
- Deadly, mortal, fatal, lethal.
- Death, decease, demise.
- Decay, decompose, putrefy, rot, spoil.
- Deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, chicanery, guile, treachery.
- Deceptive, deceitful, misleading, fallacious, fraudulent.
- Decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish, deck, bedeck, garnish, bedizen, beautify.
- Decorous, demure, sedate, sober, staid, prim, proper.
- Deface, disfigure, mar, mutilate.
- Defeat, subdue, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subjugate, suppress.
- Defect, fault, imperfection, disfigurement, blemish, flaw.
- Delay, defer, postpone, procrastinate.
- Demoralize, deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate.
- Deny, contravene, controvert, refute, confute.
- Deportment, demeanor, bearing, port, mien.
- Deprive, divest, dispossess, strip, despoil.
- Despise, contemn, scorn, disdain.
- Despondency, despair, desperation.
- Destroy, demolish, raze, annihilate, exterminate, eradicate, extirpate.
- Detach, separate, sunder, sever, disconnect, disjoin, disunite.
- Determined, persistent, dogged.
- Devout, religious, pious, godly, saintly.
- Die, expire, perish, decease, succumb.
- Difficulty, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, encumbrance, handicap.
- Difficulty, predicament, perplexity, plight, quandary, dilemma, strait.
- Dip, douse, duck, plunge, immerge, immerse, submerge, sink, dive.
- Dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid.
- Discernment, perception, penetration, insight, acumen.
- Disease, sickness, illness, indisposition, ailment, affection.
- Disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful, disreputable, ignominious,
- Disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, loathsome, repugnant, abhorrent, noisome, fulsome.
- Dishonor, disgrace, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium.
- Disloyal, false, unfaithful, faithless, traitorous, treasonable.
- Dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter.
- Dissatisfied, discontented, displeased, malcontent, disgruntled.
- Divide, distribute, apportion, allot, allocate, partition.
- Do, perform, execute, accomplish, achieve, effect.
- Doctrine, dogma, tenet, precept.
- Dream, reverie, vision, fantasy.
- Dress, clothes, clothing, garments, apparel, raiment, habiliments.
- Drink, imbibe, sip, sup, swallow, quaff, tipple, tope, guzzle.
- Drip, dribble, trickle.
- Drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated.
- Dry, arid, parched, desiccated.
E
- Early, primitive, primeval, primordial, primal, pristine, aboriginal.
- Eat, bolt, gulp, gorge, devour.
- Element, component, constituent, ingredient, share, lot, allotment.
- Elicit, extract, exact, extort.
- Embarrass, disconcert, discompose, discomfit, confuse, confound.
- Enclose, surround, encircle, circumscribe, encompass.
- Encroach, infringe, entrench, trench, intrude, invade, trespass.
- Encumber, forestall, suppress, repress, prevent.
- End, conclude, terminate, finish, discontinue, close.
- Enemy, foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival.
- Enough, adequate, sufficient.
- Entice, inveigle, allure, lure, decoy, seduce.
- Erase, expunge, cancel, efface, obliterate.
- Error, mistake, blunder, slip.
- Estimate, value, appreciate.
- Eternal, everlasting, endless, deathless, imperishable, immortal.
- Examination, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, inspection, scrutiny, research, review, audit, inquest, autopsy.
- Example, sample, specimen, instance.
- Exceed, excel, surpass, transcend, outdo.
- Excuse, pardon, forgive, condone.
- Expand, dilate, distend, inflate.
- Expel, banish, exile, proscribe, ostracize.
- Experiment, trial, test.
- Explain, expound, interpret, elucidate.
- Explicit, exact, precise, definite.
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