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Vocabuilder_Abandon 28 words

·  abandon

forsake, leave behind

Definition
(verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again

Synonyms : give up

Example Sentence

• Abandon your life to God

Mnemonics: ab means away andon simillar to london .Away from london means leaving london i.e.giving up

·  abdicate

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Definition
(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Synonyms : renounce

Example Sentence

• The King abdicated when he married a divorcee

Mnemonics: ab+dicate dicate sounds like dictator. Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power. To remember better,ab normal is opposite to normal.So,abdicate is opposite to dictator (ie)losing power.

·  abjure

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Definition
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Synonyms : forswear , recant , resile , retract

Example Sentence

• He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
• She abjured her beliefs

Mnemonics: abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved away from) her earlier statements in front of jury.

·  forswear

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Definition
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Synonyms : abjure , recant , resile , retract

Example Sentence

• He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
• She abjured her beliefs

Mnemonics: Forget after swearing

·  forgo

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Definition
(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Synonyms : dispense with , forego , foreswear , relinquish , waive

Example Sentence

• We are dispensing with formalities
• relinquish the old ideas

Mnemonics: FOR + GO = when u r moving away and Going someplace else in a hurry then you have to give up somethings and leave them behind

When you tell someone to forgot something you tell him to give up.

·  forsake

Definition
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

Synonyms : abandon , desert , desolate

Example Sentence

• The mother deserted her children

Mnemonics: a despo boy saying to his girlfriend,,,,,, "FOR god SAKE , dont leave me , i need uuuuuu"

Please leave me for the sake of god.. or FOR the SAKE of gaining something we have to LEAVE something..

·  renounce

Definition
(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations, turn away from, leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily,

Synonyms : abdicate, foreswear , quit , relinquish, give up , resign , vacate, disown , repudiate

Example Sentence

• The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
• She renounced her husband
• The parents repudiated their son

Mnemonics: re-announce something. abandon the previous announcement. Start afresh

·  retract

Definition
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Synonyms : abjure , forswear , recant , resile

Example Sentence

• He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
• She abjured her beliefs

Mnemonics: retract->RE TAKE IT, meaning to take back

Retract – move away from track …that means give up

·  deny

Definition
(verb) declare untrue; contradict, refuse to accept or believe

Synonyms: abnegate, refuse

Example Sentence

• He denied the allegations
• She denied that she had taken money

Mnemonics: Nayi...naay..no..no..I deny..

·  gainsay

Definition
(verb) take exception to

Synonyms : challenge , dispute

Example Sentence

• She challenged his claims

Mnemonics: she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact.

A(gain)st-(say)

·  disavow

Definition
(verb) refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

Example Sentence

• Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children

Mnemonics: Split as dis+allow means to refuse

dis + a + vow(bow) >> Kaurava's did not bow to Krishna's knowledge.

·  repudiate

Definition
(verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

Synonyms : disown , renounce

Example Sentence

• The woman repudiated the divorce settlement

Mnemonics: he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :)

·  renege

Definition
(verb) fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Synonyms : go back on , renege on , renegue on

Example Sentence

• She backed out of her promise

Mnemonics: RENEGADE is a traitor of a country.. RENEGE is a traitor of his own words..

·  impugn

Definition
(verb) attack as false or wrong

Mnemonics: pugn is root word meaning fight...(for eg ..pugnacious means quarrelsome) impugn means to dispute or contradict; challange.

·  support

the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

·  corroborate

give evidence for

Synonyms : affirm , confirm , substantiate , support , sustain, validate

Example Sentence

• his story confirmed my doubts
• The evidence supports the defendant

Mnemonics: just focus on borate part of this word -- Borate test is a confirmatory test in chemistry.

sounds like collaborate => to support

·  endorse

Definition
(verb) be behind; approve of

Synonyms : back , indorse , plump for , plunk for , support

Example Sentence

• He plumped for the Labor Party
• I backed Kennedy in 1960

Mnemonics: En(inside) dorse(doors)…he is inside your door..so you have to support him

·  bolster

(verb) support and strengthen

Synonyms : bolster up

Example Sentence

• bolster morale

Mnemonics: RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR REINFORCE

·  buttress

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

Definition
(noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building, make stronger or defensible

Synonyms : buttressing

Example Sentence

buttress your thesis (Example Sentence

• buttress your thesis (make stronger or defensible)

Mnemonics: remember by your BUTT or BUTTOCKS ! what do they do? They provide you with a padding when ypu sit, giving support.. :

·  abnegation

Definition
(noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

Synonyms:  denial , self-abnegation , self-denial , self-renunciation

Example Sentence

• abnegation of the Holy Trinity

Mnemonics: abnegation=ab+negation. negation part could be considered as saying negative answer. when you say NO to something, you have rejected it or renounced it

·  resumption

Definition
(noun) beginning again

Synonyms : recommencement

Mnemonics: Assumption…means accepting something…resumption means assume it again

·  adherent

Definition
(noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

Synonyms : disciple

Mnemonics: add + her + in to the group .... because she is a supporter and follower of our group (disciple)

Adhere + ENT .. U adhere to an ENT doctor. Means u FOLLOW his instructions - - Follower

·  acknowledge

Definition
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

Synonyms : admit, know , recognise , recognize

Example Sentence

• He admitted his errors
• She acknowledged that she might have forgotten

Mnemonics: ac(ACCORDING)+knowledge.. in Hindi we say...("Hume apni akal se hi logo ko pehchaana chahiye") In English-("We shud RECOGNIZE ppl acc(according) to our own KNOWLEDGE

·  relent

Definition
(verb) give in, as to influence or pressure

Synonyms : soften , yield

Mnemonics: re=re+lent (read it lend), imagine you lent something to your friend, and you need it back but your friend needs it even more than you do, so you relent and lend the thing again.

relent is to melt

·  dilapidated

Definition
(adj) in deplorable condition

Synonyms : bedraggled , broken-down , derelict , ramshackle , tatterdemalion , tumble-down

Example Sentence

• a street of bedraggled tenements
• a broken-down fence

Mnemonics: I drank a DILuted API(appy) juice which was outDATED(expired).... my stomach got RUINED as a result of my own NEGLECT.

dilapidate=daily+update if u wont update ur antivirus daily ur sys will be ruined due to negligence

wen dil is dated and neglected, it falls into peices and in bad condition.it is completely ruined.

·  recant

Definition
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Synonyms : abjure , forswear , resile , retract

Example Sentence

• He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
• She abjured her beliefs

Mnemonics: RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."

·  valedictory

Definition
(noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

Synonyms : valediction , valedictory address , valedictory oration

Example Sentence

• a valedictory address
• valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course
• a suitable valedictory gesture  

Mnemonics: vale= be well (as in goodbye take care)+ dictory= words, so farewell speech

·  waive

Definition
(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Synonyms : dispense with , forego , foreswear , forgo , relinquish

Example Sentence

• We are dispensing with formalities
• relinquish the old ideas

Mnemonics: sounds like wave - when do u wave a white flag? when you Give up temporarily.