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Unit 14: Synonyms and Antonyms

6. Accrue Notes
(i) to keep hold of (ii) to overcome (iii) to obtain secretly (iv) to accumulate
7. Acme
(i) the top (ii) highest point (iii) the culmination (iv) zenith
8. Acquiesce
(i) to rest satisfied (ii) not making any opposition to a situation
(iii) to assent (iv) quiet submission
9. Accumulate
(i) overcome (ii) spread (iii) collect (iv) disperse
10. Accurate
(i) apprehend (ii) guess (iii) improve (iv) exact
11. Addiction
(i) remainder (ii) long discourse (iii) total (iv) slavish habit
12. Admonish
(i) to warn (ii) to reproof (iii) to counsel (iv) to advise
13. Adumbrate
(i) to give a faint shadow of (ii) to shadow forth
(iii) to fore-shadow (iv) to over shadow
14. Adulation
(i) fawning (ii) praise (iii) embarrassment (iv) veneration
15. Adversary
(i) companion (ii) accomplice (iii) opponent (iv) partner
16. Agrarian
(i) relating to land (ii) conserving the management of land
(iii) land distribution (iv) cultivation of land
17. Alight
(i) to dismount (ii) to descend (iii) to perch (iv) to settle
18. Alleviate
(i) to dilute (ii) to lessen (iii) to humiliate (iv) to make excuses
19. Ameliorate
(i) to appease (ii) to make endurable
(iii) to humiliate (iv) to release
20. Ambient
(i) going round (ii) surrounding
(iii) that which encompasses (iv) the air or sky
21. Ample
(i) unlimited (ii) extravagant (iii) abundant (iv) scanty
22. Amnesty
(i) approval (ii) acquittal (iii) eloquence (iv) general pardon.
23. Annulment
(i) ignorance (ii) boredom (iii) abolition (iv) numbness
24. Annihilate
(i) to reduce (ii) to put out of existence
(iii) to crush by word (iv) to wither by look

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