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abdicate
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to give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim
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Syn=resign Ant=retain
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abet
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to encourage or assist, especially in wrongdoing
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Syn=egg on;help Ant=discourage, frustrate
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abhor
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to regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely
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Syn=despise Ant=cherish
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abject (3 def.)
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-wretched,miserable, degrading, humiliating
-mean-spirted, base; dispicable, contemptible -complete and unrelieved |
Syn=hopeless; shameless; throughgoing
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absolve
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to clear of guilt or blame
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Syn=vindicate Ant=convict
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abstain
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to refrain completely and voluntarily
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Syn=avoid Ant=indulge
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academic (2 def.)
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-pertaining to a college or other institution of learning; scholarly
-theoretical rather than practical |
Syn=scholastic; speculative
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accede (2 def.)
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-to yield to; to agree to
-to enter upon an office or dignity |
Syn=consent Ant=dissent
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acclimate
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to get used to (usually an environment or situation)
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Syn=adapt; familiarize
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addiction
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A habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of, or devotion to, something
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