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deviating from the ordinary, usual or normal types
synonyms: abnormal, bizarre, deviant, peculiar
antonyms: normal, usual |
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to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
synonym: lower; degrade; humiliate
antonym: exalt, extol, honor, respect |
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assisting in doing something wrong
synonyms: advocate, condone, encourage
antonyms: resist, deter, obstruct, counter, hinder. |
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to motivate
synonyms: excite, incite, move, spur, stimulate
antonyms: impede, stop |
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to abolish; formally put to an end
synonyms: abate, cancel, rovoke, rescind, nullify, void, invalidate
antonyms: ratify, establish, preserve |
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depart secretly and hide
synonyms: decamp, bolt
antonyms: abide, continue, stop, give up, remain, stay |
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to subside or moderate
synonyms: allay, to cool, diminish, subdue, dwindle, ebb,. recede, wane, lessen
antonyms: amplify, enhance, intensify, magnify,revive, prolong, rise, increase |
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to embarrass, to shake up or confuse
synonyms: disconcert, perturb, ruffle, confound, bewilder, discomfit, discompose, perlex
antonyms: clarify, clear up, explain, calm, arrange
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abeyance (noun)
abeyant (adj) |
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a suspended action , temporary inactivity
synonyms: recess, remission, deferral
antonyms: renewal, revival (su phuc hoi, su song lai) |
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abdicate (verb)
abdicable (adj)
abdicative (adj)
abdicator (noun)
abdication (noun) |
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to give a right, power or position (formally)
synonyms: abandon, abjure, renounce, resign, quit, relinquish, repudiate.
antonyms: assert, hold, maintain, usurp (take over), retain
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abject (adjective)
abjectly (adverb)
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1.utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; downtrodden ex. abject poverty or wretched life
2. lacking pride; contemptible (dang' khinh, ban tien), base-spirited, despicable ; shamelessly servile, slavish
ex: an abject coward
synonyms: 1. forlorn, hopeless,
2. debasing, degrading,
antonym: 2. exalted, commenable |
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abhor (verb)
abhorrence (noun)
abhorrent (adjective)
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1.detest; hate; loathe; abominate, utterly extreme repugnance or aversion
2. utterly in conflict, contrary, or oppose (usually followed by to (abhorrent to reason)
synonyms-hate, detest, despise, scorn
antonyms: love, admire |
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1.to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
2.to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
synonyms:forswear, recant (withdrawal or disavow statement or opinions formally), resile, retract,abdicate, renege
antonyms:
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abstinence (noun)
abstain (verb) |
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restraint from eating or drinking
synonyms: self-restraint, forbearance, temperance (an uong dieu do)
antonyms: indulgence |
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1.renunication (renouncing title, right, or ambitions);2.self-sacrifice
synonyms:abandonment, repudiation, denial, disavowal, forgoing, sacrifice
antonyms:acquiescence (reluctant agreement)
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profound, hard to understand, obscure
synonyms: recondite, perplexing, enigmatic
antonyms: lucid, plain, obvious, concrete. |
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