abscond v. to depart secretly
Google absconded out the garage door after taking Sarah's loaf of bread.
similar words: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, elope, escape, flee, fly, run, scram, skip, split, vanish
Monday, June 23, 2008
abrogate
abrogate v. to abolish
Abraham Lincoln abrogated slavery.
similar words: cancel, revoke, rescind, nullify, void, invalidate
dissimilar words: ratify, establish; preserve
Abraham Lincoln abrogated slavery.
similar words: cancel, revoke, rescind, nullify, void, invalidate
dissimilar words: ratify, establish; preserve
abeyance
abeyance n. suspended action
The test was held in abeyance because the teacher was not teaching according to schedule.
similar words: dormancy, suspension, intermission, quiescence, latency, respite, pause
dissimilar words: continuance
The test was held in abeyance because the teacher was not teaching according to schedule.
similar words: dormancy, suspension, intermission, quiescence, latency, respite, pause
dissimilar words: continuance
Sunday, June 22, 2008
esoteric
esoteric adj. hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
The fact that Google's favorite food is bread is quite esoteric to those outside of his immediate family.
similar words: abstruse, arcane, confidential, enigmatic, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secret
dissimilar words: common, exoteric, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious
The fact that Google's favorite food is bread is quite esoteric to those outside of his immediate family.
similar words: abstruse, arcane, confidential, enigmatic, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secret
dissimilar words: common, exoteric, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious
ennui
ennui n. boredom.
After tasting the scrumptious loaf of bread that Sarah had accidentally left on the bottom shelf, the necessity for Google to wait for his masters to finish their dinners every evening stirred a sense of ennui within him.
To relieve his growing ennui, Google began to poop on the lawn.
similar words: lethargy, tedium, disinterest, dullness, apathy, jaded, lassitude, listlessness
dissimilar words: interesting, excited
After tasting the scrumptious loaf of bread that Sarah had accidentally left on the bottom shelf, the necessity for Google to wait for his masters to finish their dinners every evening stirred a sense of ennui within him.
To relieve his growing ennui, Google began to poop on the lawn.
similar words: lethargy, tedium, disinterest, dullness, apathy, jaded, lassitude, listlessness
dissimilar words: interesting, excited
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