Self Study

Vocabulary

Abandon:

· The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship an orderly fashion.

· He abandoned his wife wife and children in the village, and went off to USA in DV-8 visa.

Synonyms:

· Desert
· Leave behind

Antonyms:

· Retain
· Adopt

Abash:

· Tom felt abashed by her inability to remember the lines of the national anthem ``Amar- Shonar- Bangla ``.
· Mr. T handed in a term paper that he had unabashedly copied from the Independent.

Synonyms:

· Discompose
· Disconcert

Antonyms:

· Inspire
· Encourage

Aberration:

· A snowstorm in September is an aberration.
· The chief at this restaurant is dreadful, the good meal we just had was an aberration.

Synonyms:

· Divergence

Antonyms:

· Conformity

Able:

· I wasn’t able to solve these quizzes.
· There are some extremely able and intelligent youths at the ABC boys Scout camp.

Synonyms:

· Capable
· Qualified

Antonyms:

· Incapable
· Clumsy

Abortive:

· Jerry’s attempt to climb the mountain was abortive.
·Mary and Jon made an abortive effort to bake a birthday cake, that is, their effort did not result in a birthday cake.

Synonyms:

· Vain
· Sterile

Antonyms:

· Productive
· Fruitful

Abridge:

The editor had abridge the massive book by removing the boring parts.

Synonyms:

· Shorten
· Compress
· Condense

Antonyms:

· Expand
· Amplify

Abstinent:

· Bill used to be a chain smoker, now he is abstinent.

Synonyms:

· Sober
· Moderate

Antonyms:

· Intemperate
· Indulgent

Abstract:

· In the abstract, there is nothing wrong with taking risks.

Synonyms:

· Summary
· Withdraw
Antonyms:

· Concrete

Abstruse:

· The professor’s lecture on the meaning of 2 “Meaning” was very abstruse.
Synonyms:

· Obscure
· Recondite

Antonyms:

· Intelligible