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-A-abandon - relinquish, give up

abate - decrease, lessen,diminish

absolutely - completely

absorb - soak up, take in

absurd - ridiculous

abundant - numerousaccidentally - unintentionally

accomplish - fulfill, finish;achieve

account for - explain

accumulate - gather, get together

accuracy - correctness,precision

accurate - correct, exact

accuser - prosecutor, plaintiff

acquire - obtain, take

acute - perceptiveadapt - adjust

additional - extra; further

adequate - sufficient

adhere - stick tight; follow

admonish - rebuke

adore - love

advance - go forward; prior

affection - fondness

aggregate - total

ailment - sickness, illness

alert - warn

align - arrange, straighten

alleviate - soothe

alter - change, amend

alternately - by turns

ambiguous - vague

amendment - change

annoy - bother

annoying - irritating

annual - yearly

anticipate - expect

anxiety - fear

apparent - obvious

apparently - clearly

appealing - attractive

appoint - designate

appreciable - much

appreciate - be grateful for

appropriate - proper, suitable



-B-

bias - prejudice

bored –

-c-

cease - stop, terminate, end

aptitude - talent

artificial - man-made

ascend - go or move upward

assassinate - murder

assault - attack

assemble - meet assist - help, aid

astonishing - suprisingastound - astonish

attach - fasten

attractive - charming

augment - increase

authorization - permission

avoid - keep away

awful - nasty

backbone - spinebare – naked

bargain - negotiate

basic - elementary

beak - bill

bear - tolerate, endure

beneficial - helpful, useful

bestow - give

biannual - occurring twice a year

biennial - once in two years

bilateral - two-sided, reciprocal

blizzard - snowstorm

bloom - blossom

blunt - dull

blurry - unclear boost - increase bore - drill

fed up

brief - short

bring about - result in

bumpy - rough

candid - frank, open, honest

capable - proficient, competent

careless - reckless

casually - unintentionally, by chance

clear-cut - precise, plain,evidentclimax - peak, highest point,acme, zenith

coarse - rough

cognizant - aware



count on - rely on

creature - beingcurrently - now

-D-

collaborate - work together,conspire

collapse - fall down

collide - hit, strike, smash

commence - start, begin

commit suicide - kill oneself

compensate - pay

competent - capable, proficientcomprehend - understand,perceive

comprehension - understanding, perception

comprehensive - thorough

comprise - consist of, contain,include

compulsory - obligatory,required

compute - figure out

conceal - hide

concise - brief, condensed,short

conclude - finish, end, stop

concur - agree

confidence - reliance, trust

confident - positive, sure

confirm - make sure, verifiy

conflict - struggle, strife

consist - be made up of

consolidate - combine

constant - steady, unchanging

consume - exhaust, devastate,eat, spend, use

contact - get in touch withcontagious - infectious

contain - hold

contaminate - pollute

continuous - constant

contradict - differ, oppose

convenient - handy, close, near,easy to reach,within reach

converge - meet, come together

conversely - on the other hand

convert - change

convincing - persuasive

cope with - endure

correspond - communicate by mail

danger - jeopardy, hazard, peril

data - information

deal with - handle

defect - fault, malfunction

defective - faulty



-E-

deficient - lacking, not enough,short of

defy - resist, oppose

delete - cross out, erase, cancel, eliminate

deliberately - on purpose,consciously

deliver - distribute

demanding - hard, bothersome,troublesome

demonstrate - showdepart - leave

designate - appoint, name

detain - hold, keep

detect - discover, find out

detest - hate, abhor

deviate - stray from

devise - invent

differ - vary

diminish - reduce

dire - dreadful, terrible, horrible

direct - guide

discard - throw away

discharge - release

discrepancy - inconsistency

discriminate - segregate, set apart

display - show (off), exhibit

dispute - argument, quarrel, debate

disregard - ignore

distinctive - peculiar, unique, distinguishingdistribute - give out, spread out, scatter

drain - empty

dread - awe, horror, terror

dreadful - hideous, fearful

drill - bore

dual - binary, twofold, coupled,double

dwell - live, inhabit, stay, lodge, reside

earlier - former, previous, prioreconomic - business, financial,industrial

economical - saving, sparing ,

edge - border

effects - belongings

elevate - raise, lift, hoist

eligible - qualified, fit, suitable,acceptable

eliminate - get rid of

eminent - competent

eminently - notably,exceptionally

emit - send out, radiate

encircle - surround

encounter - meet, confront,come across,meet unexpectedly,run into



indispensable estimate - reckon

-F-

figure - person

endeavor - effort, attempt

endorse - sign, put one's signature on

endure - suffer, undergo

enlighten - illuminate

enormous - immense, massive, huge, monstrous

ensure - guarantee

enthusiastic - eagerentire - whole

entirely - totally, fully, wholly

environment - surroundings

epoch - era, period equivocal - vague era - epoch, period

erect - build

erratic – irregular

essential - necessary, required,

eternal - endless, continual,unceasing

evade - avoid

everlasting - permanent, unending evident - clear

examine - investigate; look into;inspect; look over

exceed - go over

exceptional - unusual

exclusively - only, entirely

exert - put forth

exhale - breathe out

exhibit - demonstrate, show,display

expert - skilledextend -stretch out

extinguish - put out

fabric - cloth

faint - pass out

fairly - rather

faith - belief; trust, confidence

fake - not genuine

fall asleep - drop off

familiar - well-known

fancy - want

fatal - deadly

feature - characteristic

fertile - fruitful, rich, productive

fervent - passionate

finance - fundflammable - easy to burn, inflammable

flaw - defect, imperfection, stain



forecast - predict

-G-

-H-

rapidly, quickly

fluctuate - change irregularly

folks - relatives, relations, kin

forbid - prohibit

foregoing - prior, former, previous

former -first of two; one-time

fortune - luck, fate, destiny; possessions, inheritance, wealthfragile - flimsy

fragrance - odor

frequently - often

frontier - border

frustrate - irk

fulfill - accomplish

fundamentally - basically, radically

furnish – provide

gain - profit

gaze - stare, watch, gape

generate - produce, form, make, create

gently - smoothly, lightly, quietly and softly

genuine - real, true, actual,original, authentic

giggle - chuckle

give - render

glacier - iceberg

gleam - glistengloomy - dark, dim, cloudy, unlit

glow - shine goggles - glasses

goods - merchandise

gorgeous - lovely

gradually - little by little

grasp - grip, enclose, seize

gravely - severely

greasy - oily, fatty

grieve - lament

gripe - complain

guide - lead

halt - end

handle - deal with

haphazardly - unexpectedly,casually, randomly

hardly - barely, scarcely

hardships - difficulties

harmonious - balanced

hastily - hurriedly, speedily,

hasty - quick



-I-

hazard - danger

heal - cure

hinder - prevent

hint at - imply

hoist - raise up

honest - frank, open

horizon - skylinehostile - antagonistic

housebreaker - burglar

humidity - dampness

humiliating - shaming

humorous - funny

hunger - starvation

hypothesis - theory

idiotic - ridiculous,- dumb

idle - inactive

ignorant - uninformed

ignore - pay no attention to,disregard

illegible - hard to read

illicit - illegal

illogical - unreasonable

illuminate - clarify

imitate - copyimmense - enormous

impartial - neutral

improve - ameliorate

inappropriate – unsuitable

inaugural - opening

incredible - unbelievable

indicate - show

indicator - gauge

indispensable - essential

industrious - diligent

infamous - notorious

infinite - boundless

influence - effect

informal - casual

inhale - breathe in

initial - first

insensitive - uncaring

insist on - persist in

instantaneously - immediatelyinstantly - at once

intentionally - on purpose



-J-

-K-

-L-

-M-

intermittent - occasional

interpret - translate

intersect - cross

intimacy - closeness

intolerable - unbearable

invert - turn upside down

investigate - examine closely, look into

jail - prison

jeopardize - endanger

judgment - verdict

just - fair

kernel - core, heart

kidnap - abduct

lacking - wantinglament - regret, grieve, sorrow

landscape - scenery, panorama

lasting - enduring, constant,permanent

latter - second of two

launch - initiate, start, originate

legally - lawfully, legitimately

legendary - fabulous, mythical

legislative - lawmaking

legislature - lawmakers, parliamentlenient - merciful

lethal - fatal, mortal, deadly

likely - probably

lizard - reptile

lonesome - solitary, forlorn,alone

look like - resemble

loose - baggy

loyal - dependable, faithful

lucrative - fruitful, productive,profitable

major - main, most important

manual - by hand, hand-operated

manufacture - make, construct, produce

marksman - sharpshooter, sniper

maroon - abandon

martial - soldierly, military, combative

massacre - slaughtermassive - huge, heavy, extensive

mean - intend



-N-

-o-

-P-

meticulous - careful

mighty - powerful, strong

mild - moderate, warm-hearted

mildly - gently

minor - child

misfortune - ill luck, bad chance

misty - foggy, hazymoderate - reasonable

modify - alter, change

monitor - watch, observe, control

naive - simple-minded

naked - nude, unclothed

nameless - anonymous,unknown

narrate - relate, recount

narrative - tale, story

nearly - practically

neat - clean, tidy

necessary - essential, required

neglected - uncared-for

negligible - insignificant

neighborhood - vicinity

numerous - very many, countless

obscure - indistinct

obsolete - old, out of date,outmodedobstacle - hindrance

obstinate - stubborn

obstruct - block

obtain - attain

occasionally - sometimes

occupy - take up

occur - happen odd - queer

often - frequently

omit - leave out, skip

once - at one time

oppose - be against

optional - voluntary

outfit - supply, provide, equip

overcome - defeat

periodically - regularly

permanent - lasting, constant

permanently - for goodperspire - sweat

pile - stack



-R-

-S-

plain - clear

plant - factory

portion - section

practically - almost

precise - exact, accurate

precisely - exactly, accurately

pretentious – showyprevail - become dominant

principal - main, major

principally - chiefly, mainly

property – characteristic

prosperous - affluent, rich

protrude - stick out

purchase - buy

pursue - strive for

range - variety

reckless - careless

recover - get well

refute - disprove

regulate - control

reject - refuse

relate - tell

relatively - comparatively

relay - pass on

release - let outrelieve - lessen, reduce

relinquish - part with

remarkable - unusual,outstanding

represent - stand for

reproach - blame

resolutely - firmly

rest - remainder

retain - keep, preserve

reveal - disclose, divulge

scarcely - barely

scatter - spread out

scout - search

separate – detached

several - a few

shelter - protect

sober - serious

solely - only

somewhat - a little; slightlyspecific - definite, particular spot - pick out, locate,recognize

stability - steadiness



-T-

-U-

-V-

-W-

-Y-

stable - unchanging

stationary - immobile

steady - unchanging, constant

steam - water vapor

strike – hit

submerged – underwater

sufficient - enough, adequatesuperb - extraordinary

superior - senior

surrender - give up/in

surround - encircle, enclose

suspend - hang

sustain - support

tendency - inclination

tentative - temporary

terminate - end

terrain - earth, land

therefore - accordingly

thorough - complete

thoroughly - completely

timid - shy

tiny - very small

toxic - poisonous

trace - follow

transmit - send out

unanimous - in agreement

undergo - experience; endure

unemployed - jobless

uneven - irregular

unite - join together

urge – desire

utilize - use

vacant - empty

vanish - disappear

vary - change, alter; differ

wealthy - affluent, rich

wreck - destroy

yield-give in

-Z-

zenith - peak, height



ANTONYMS

-A-

-B-

bumpy - comfortable

deliberately, on

purpose-C-

-D-

defy - obey

abhor - love

absent-minded - attentive

abundant – insufficient

accept - reject adjacent - far admire - hate admit - deny agile - inactive,

beauty - ugliness beneficial - useless, harmful bit - whole blurry - distinct b

bring - send

brutal - gentlebuddy - enemy

by accident - intentionally,

cage - liberate, free calm - excited, rough, strained captivity - freedom car

commanding - subordinate complete - partial complicate - simplify comp

confess - deny confidential - public conflict - agreement considerable - n

danger - safety

daring - timid

dark - light, fair, happy

dawn - dusk

decent - improper

decisive - inconclusive, hesitant

decrease - increase

defend - attack

defiant - submissive

deficit - surplus

defrost - freeze

deliberate - accidental

demolish - build

dent - smooth, flatten

deposit - withdraw

descend - rise

destroy - build up, create

detailed - superficial, vaguedeter - encourage

determine - hesitate



detest - love

die - recover

dim - bright, clear; strong

disclose - conceal

disloyal - faithful

dispose - keep

doubt - believe, certainty

dreamer - realist

drench - dry

-F-

develop - regress

deviance - conformity

deviate - adhere to

diarrhea - constipation

difference - similaritydiluted - concentrated

diminish - increase

disappoint - fulfill

discount - increase, rise

dispensable - essential

display - conceal

dispute - accept

disregard - respect, pay attention

dissent - agreement

dissimilarity - resemblance

distant - close

distinct - vague

distinctive - ordinary

diverge - converge

domestic - foreigndominant - submissive

double - half

dreary - exciting

drinker - teetotaler

drop - rise drunk - sober dual - single dubious - sure dumb - clever, sharp

-E-economical - expensive,

extravagant educated - illiterate elaborate - simple, plain emotional - phy

fail - succeed faint - strong fall - rise, raise false - genuine, sincere familiar



-G-

-H-

-I-

-L-

-M-

-N-

-o-

-P-

-Q-

-R-

-s-savage - kind

show - cover, hide

forbid-permitformer -latterfragile- toughfree -busy,occupied,captive,

restrained friendship - hostility

general - specific generous - mean, stingy gentle - tough, wild, powerful gi

hazy - clear hen - cock horizontal - vertical hospitable - unfriendly, hostile

idle - running improve - deteriorate in contrast - similarly in detail - super

landlord - tenant lift - lower, put down

light - put out, extinguish loose - tight, strict, precise lose - win lower - raise

mean - nice melt - solidify

minimize - exaggerate, increase modern - past, old-fashioned modest - con

neat - disorderly nice - unpleasant normal - odd novelty - boredom

obedient - rebellious%

object - approve, accept occupied - vacant on purp

permanent - temporary persuasive - unconvincing plentiful - scarce prais

put aside - spend

quiet - active, busy, chatty, talkative

reluctant - willing, eager, keen resist - yield, obey rough - smooth, calm(s

selfish - considerate

sensible - stupid

sharp - blunt

shortage - surplus

simple - difficult, complicated

slight - considerable

special - ordinary

specific - vague, ambiguous



success - failure

-T-

-U-

-W-

EK CPHRASAL VERBS

raise

someone familiar with,

inspect

list

something in a

others

hanger

the others

attention

away from immediateuse

steady - variable

still - windy

straight - evasive

strong - mild, weak, faint

subtle - crude

subtraction - addition

superficial - deep, profound

sweet - sour

swell - decrease

take - bring take off - put on, land ' tame - wild tender - tough tidy - mess

individually tolerable - unbearable, intolerable

total - partial trusting - suspicious truth - fiction

unaccustomed - familiar unaided - assisted unanimous - divided uncerta

unimaginative - creative unnecessary - needed unsure - confident unsus

weightless - heavy wholesale - retail written - practical, oral

SEPARABLE ( TRANSITIVE ) PHRASAL VERBS bring back : recall, return

bring up : introduce a subject,

call back : return a call call down : scold, rebuke call in : summon for a spe

carry out: accomplish a mission check in : return an item check off : mark i

cheer up : make someone happier cross off : remove an item from a

do over : do or decorate again drop off : leave someone or

particular place figure out : solve get across : make ideas clear to

get back : take back give up : quit, stop hand in : turn in, give hang up : p

keep on : continue to wear look over : examine look up : visit, search in a

pick out: select, see clearly among

pick up : learn at random, get, buy point out: attract someone's

put across : get across put aside : save money for a

purpose put away : store somewhere, take

put off: postpone put on : wear, turn on put out: extinguish take back : retu



purse etc.

consider

hotel

base etc.

eagerly

respect

PHRASAL VERBS (INTRANSITIVE

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COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS

take out on : blame take over : take control of take up : begin an activity,

talk over : discuss think over : consider carefully throw away : discard, ge

dispose of try on : try clothes try out: test by using turn down : refuse turn

INSEPARABLE ( TRANSITIVE ) PHRASAL VERBS

call for : pick up

call on : visit

catch up with : overtake

check out of : end staying in a

chip in : contribute come across : find unintentionally come along with : a

drop in on : pay an informal visit get along with : keep a good

relationship with get behind in : delay in duties get in : enter a car get on :

check in : register at a school,

hotel check out: end the stay at a hotel,

keep on : continue

keep up with : remain equal with

look after : take care of

look down on : consider as inferior

look forward to : wait for an event

look in on : pay a short visit look into : investigate look up to : respect pu

think up : create wait on : serve

give up : stop

hang up : end a phone call

lie down : recline

look out: be careful

cheer up : become happier chip in : contribute come over : pay an informal

report in : inform about arrival

stand up : get on one's feet

take off: leave

take sides : support one side

between two things turn up : be found unexpectedly wake up : stop sleepin

above all - mainly, especiallyaccording to - as stated by, on the authority of

after all - (1) at last, in the end (2) nevertheless, in spite of everything,



despite

as is - as it stands, as usual, just the same, the same way

as to - concerning, with reference to

as yet - up to the present time

at a loss - in a quandary, perplexed, puzzled

again and again - repeatedly ahead of - before, in front of all along - all th

as good as - the same as, equivalent to (being)

as it were - so to speak, as it seems, in some sort, in a manner, so to sa1

as long as - since, during, whilst

as much again - doubled, twice as muchas regards - concerning, regarding, respecting

as such - in itself, by itself, alone

as usual - as always, customarily

as well - together or along with, in addition to

aside from - beside, in addition to, excluding

at all - to any degree, in the leastat all events - whatever happens, anyhow

at arm's length - distant, afar, off, aloof

at ease - relaxed, untroubled, care-free

at fault - (1) in the wrong, in error (2) perplexed, puzzled, confused

at first - originally

at hand - (1) nearby, accessible, convenient (2) approaching, coming

at heart - radically, basically, fundamentally

at last - finally

at least - a minimum of at length - (1) after a while, at last, in the end (2) unabridged, extensively

at odds - disagreeing, discordant

at once - immediately, right away

at rest - relaxed, inactive

at stake - in danger, risked, at risk or hazard

at the point of - about to do something

at times - sometimes, occasionally

because of - on account of, due to

by heart - by memory

by means of - through the agency of by oneself - alone

by reason of - because, on account of

by the book - strictly, according to rule, lawfully

by the same token - similarly, likewise

by the way - incidentally

by way of - via

close shave - barely avoiding an accident, barely unsuccessful

day after day - daily, continuously

day in, day out - daily, continuouslydue to - on account of

every now and then - occasionally



every so often - occasionally

except for - with the exception of

for all - after all, nevertheless, despite

for good - permanently, forever

for the time being - for the present, temporarily

in a hurry - in a rush, hurried



lumsy allow - ban, forbid ambiguous - certain, clear ample - little, inadequ

oastful - humble, modest bold - cautious, coward bony - fat brave - coward

- neglect cease - start, commence cellar - attic challenge - obey challengi

lsive - boring compulsory - voluntary conceal - disclose, reveal concur - di

egligible conspicuous - hidden constancy - impermanence constant - varia



dusky - bright dwarf - giant

ical, rational endanger - secure erratic - steady even - odd evil - good exc

- strange faultless - imperfect, flawed fertile - barren fictitious - real flam



antic - tiny give away - keep gradual - immediate guilty - innocent, blam

umorous - serious

icially indifferent - caring, responsive indiscreet - cautious indiscriminate

ceited, pompous

se - accidentally opaque - transparent openly - secretly optional - compul

e - criticize precede - succeed private - public profit - loss profound - sup

ea)



together - alone, apart, separately,

n - predictable unclear - evident uncovered - shielded

ected - foreseen unusual - ordinary unwise - sensible urban - rural

ial duty call up : phone

tems on a list check out: receive an item, make

ut something on a

ook pay back : return a debt

rn something take off : remove, depart take on : accept responsibility take



discuss,

t rid of,

in : hand in turn off : shut off, switch off turn over : turn upside down wake

ccompany come to : total

enter a bus, train, plane get off: leave a bus, train, plane get out of : leave a

up with : tolerate run across : find by chance run into : meet by chance r

visit drop in : pay an informal visit drop off : fall asleep unexpectedly get al



e time, from the beginning all at once - suddenly all day long - the entire d



te ancient - new annoy - please approximate - exact arid - fertile, moist,

ly breathe - suffocate brief - lengthy brilliant - dull

g - easy changeable - stable chaste - promiscuous chatty - quiet civilize

sagree condemn - praise condense - evaporate

ble contaminate - purify continue - cease, stop continuity - transience co



ept - including exceptional - normal exhume - bury exit - entrance explici

able - non-flammable flexible - rigid float - sink follow - precede followi



less

- precise, specific individual - shared, collective inflammable - non-flamma

ory outside - within, inside

rficial prohibit - permit prominent - insignificant prosperous - poor public



ut: remove from a pocket,



up : arouse from sleep

car get over : recover an illness get through with : complete go on with :

n out of: use up send for : summon a person stand by : support, stand rea

ong : progress get in : arrive get up : stand, ari



y all of a sudden - suddenly all the same - the same, make no difference



productive arrogant - modest artificial - genuine, natural ashamed - proud

- primitive clarify - confuse clash - match classical - modern clench - relea

verge - separate convinced - doubtful, skeptical cool - enthusiastic, warm c



- vague exposed - sheltered extravagant - thrifty extreme - moderate

g - previous



ble innate - learnt insecure - confident insignificance - importance intric

- private punishment - reward



continue go over : review

dy for take after : resemble talk back to : answer without



ll-out - total, entire, complete along with - together with alongside of - be



attendance - absence attract - repel attractive - repulsive authentic - fals

se clumsy - careful coarse - fine

rrupt - virtuous courageous - cowardly crazy - sensible crowd - disperse c



te - simple involve - exclude



ide, parallel with apart from - separate from, considered in separation from



e

ry - laugh, whisper culpable - innocent cultivated - wild cunning - stupid c



s a matter of course - ordinarily, commonly, customarily as a matter of f



riosity - indifference curly - straight



ct - in fact, really as a rule - usually, commonly as against - in contrast or c



ompetition with as between - choosing or judging between two as compare



with (to) - in comparison with as far as - to the extend that, to the degree



hat, up to the time that, insofar as

-aabandon - relinquish, give up abate - decrease, lessen,diminish absolutely

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