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EXERCISE # 1

Abase: lower; demean; degrade; humiliate; belittle; subjugate.


Abet: assist; help; support; back; encourage; urge in something negative.
Abeyance: suspension; temporary cessation.
Abjure: renounce; disavow; reject; disown; forswear; give up.
Abomination: outrage; dislike; hatred; atrocity; repugnance.
Aboriginal: indigenous; original; native; dating back to the very beginning.
Abound: be plentiful; thrive; flourish; proliferate.
Abrogate: abolish; repeal; annul; to set aside; nullify.
Accede: affiliate; agree; assent; consent; comply; grant; allow.
Accentuate: emphasize; highlight; stress.

EXERCISE # 2
Access: admission; admittance; right of entry or use; contact.
Acclaim: approval; praise; commendation; acclamation; approbation;
applause.
Accord: agreement; harmony; concurrence; treaty; settlement; pact; deal.
Accouterments: accessories; bits and pieces; appurtenances;
paraphernalia; trappings; trimmings.
Accrue: accumulate; ensue; grow; mount up; build up; amass; increase;
add.
Acquisitive: greedy; covetous; avid; grasping; avaricious; materialistic.
Acquit: clear; set free; release; exonerate.
Acronym: abbreviation; short form; contraction; ellipses.
Adage: saying; proverb; maxim; axiom; motto.
Adduce: to give proof through example; to cite; to give reference.

EXERCISE # 3
Adjourn: suspend; defer; delay; postpone; call a halt to; put off.
Adjunct: addition; attachment; appendage; accessory; extra.
Ad-lib: unprepared; impromptu; spontaneous; impulsive; cold; improvised;
unplanned.
Advent: arrival; start; beginning; coming on; dawn; initiation; introduction.
Adventitious: accidental; connected but unrelated; irrelevant.
Advocate: support; back; promote; campaign;
Affidavit: sworn statement; official declaration; affirmation; proclamation;
confirmation.
Affiliate: associate; link; connect; join; belong to.
Affliction: suffering; difficulty; burden; hardship; pain; trouble; misery.
Afford: to give, supply or confer upon.

EXERCISE # 4
Affront: offend; insult; upset; outrage.
Aftermath: result; consequences; outcome; upshot; repercussion.
Aggrandize: exaggerate; elaborate; overdo; enhance; enlarge; increase.
Aggrieve: hurt; afflict; pain; distress; upset; sadden; depress.

Aghast: horrified; amazed; shocked; horror-struck; astonished; stunned;


astounded; appalled.
Alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation.
Alienate: estrange; make unfriendly; disaffect; set against; separate from;
isolate.
Allegiance: loyalty; commitment; adherence; faithfulness; duty.
Allegory: parable; fable; metaphor.
Allot: assign; allocate; apportion; designate; give.

EXERCISE # 5
Altercation: argument; row; quarrel; disagreement; dispute; squabble;
clash.
Amass: accumulate; collect; build up; gather together; stockpile; hoard;
accrue; assemble.
Amid: in the middle of; among; in the midst of; accompanied by; along with;
in the course of.
Anathema: abhorrence; abomination; hatred; repugnance; revulsion.
Ancillary: auxiliary; subsidiary; supplemental; additional; secondary.
Angst: anguish; torment; anxiety; trouble; sorrow; worry; fear.
Annex: take possession of; seize; take over; occupy; capture; invade; take
control of.
Annuity: an annual allowance; an annual income; annual interest payment;
annual allowance.
Antedate: to be older than; to have come before.
Anterior: forward; frontal; front; fore.
Prepared by MUHAMMAD ATIF..faqt zoq-e-parwaz hai
zindgi.

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