English, 3rd period

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Abdicate, "I heard Jerry abdicate from his job as Mayor."
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Abdicate, "I heard Jerry abdicate from his job as Mayor."
D: To have someone give up their position. Usually of power.(Verb)
Syn: Resign, renounce, relinquish, divest oneself of resignation, renunciation, relinquishment.
Ant: Retain, hold on to.
Abet, "Scarily enough, I found out a friend abetted to cheating on the test with her other friend."
D: Endorse someone or help them out in doing something wrong. (Verb)
Syn: Egg on, promote, further, advance, help, aid.
Ant: Dissuade, discourage, deter, restrain, curb, inhibit, hinder, block, frustrate, thwart.
Abhor, "I absolutely abhor pie."
D: To incredibly dislike or be horrified by that thing. (Verb)
Syn: Loathe, despise, detest, abominate.
Ant: Like, fancy, relish, love, cherish, delight in, be fond of, dote on.
Abject, "Seeing the terrible performance, I was in an abject hatred of it."
D: In a complete state of something. (Adjective)
Syn: Disheartening, debasing, hopeless, helpless, vile, shameless, ignoble, cavern, utter, sheer, downright, thoroughgoing.
Ant: Proud of.
Absolve, "Once I finally confessed my feelings, I felt absolved."
D: To be relived of a burden.(Verb)
Syn: Acquit, exonerate, exculpate, c=vindicate, acquittal, exoneration, vindication.
Ant: Incriminate, inculpate, indict, impeach, convict, condemn, indictment, conviction, condemnation.
Abstain, "When I was called up to read out loud, I abstained from doing so."
D: To keep self from doing something.(Verb)
Syn: Forgo, forbear, avoid, shun, eschew, self-restraint, self-denial, forbearance, abstemiousness, abstemious, forbearing, temperate, sparing, moderate, ascetic.
Ant: Indulge, partake, indulgence, self-indulgent, intemperate, immoderate.
Academic, "I was so proud of my daughter moving somewhere more academic to help her get a better education."
D: Referring to a school or place of education. (Adjective)
Syn: Scholastic, speculative.
Ant: Anyplace not about learning.
Accede, "When my parents brought up going to summer school, it was something I immediately acceded to."
D: To disagree with. (Verb)
Syn: Agree, assent, consent, concur, acquiesce, comply.
Ant: Dissent, demur, balk at.
Acclimate, "Once I went to my new school, I found it quite easy to acclimate here."
D: Growing accustomed to something. (Verb)
Syn: Adjust, adapt, orient, orientate, familiarize, accustom, habituate, orientation.
Ant: To not get used to.
Addiction, "Sometimes it feels like smoking cigarettes seems like a pretty scary addiction, seeing as what it can do to your lungs."
D: To not be able to stop self some indulging in, sometimes it being to an unhealthy extent. (Noun)