R. Vocabulary 1

To relinquish formally, renounce; to give up authority, duties, an office, in a voluntary, public, or formal manner.

• aberration

• abdicate

• abrasive

• abruptly

To stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to)

• adequate

• accumulate

• accomplice

• adhere

The tight fit also restricts your ________________, reducing your food intake during the day.

• abdomen

• abstinence

• acquaintance

• appetite

Find synonyms for adequate.

• attach, unite, fasten, support, cleave, glue.

• property, estate, grounds, manor, plot.

• satisfactory, competent, sufficient, enough, acceptable, sufficient.

• colleague, companion, neighbor, friend, associate, relationship.

A deviation from the proper or expected course; the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.

• abruptly

• abstemious

• aberration

• abstruse

A unit of area in the U.S. customary system, used in land and sea floor measurement.

• acre

• acknowledge

• accessible

• academic

Do not discard the sandpaper stick or pencil sharpener used by a draftsman just because all the _____________ sheets have been removed.

• abstemious

• abdicated

• abstinence

• abrasive

Find synonyms for acquaintance.

• confess, grant, recognize, accept

• correct, exact, definite, perfect

• familiarity, awareness, associate, colleague

• advance, quicken, expedite, spur

In a manner that produces the effect of a sudden or unexpected ending; changing suddenly.

• abstruse

• adequate

• abruptly

• aberration

To admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of.

• abrasive

• abundance

• accomplice

• acknowledge