Advanced Synonymous Words 1

To abolish slavery on its own is meaningless; freedom from want is the real thing.

• approve of

• speak against

• neglect

• put an end to

• turn a deaf ear to

You need some knowledge of nuclear physics to understand the intricate mechanisms involved in this project.

• complex and complicated

• imperfect and defective

• flawless and perfect

• incisive, penetrating and probing

• insane, mad, crazy

That model, I'm afraid, is now considered obsolete.

• impartial, unbiased, fair, just

• immortal, undying, deathless

• moderate, reasonable, within sensible limits

• immoral, sinful, wicked; unchaste

• outdated, superseded, disused, discontinued

Poor health prevented him from accomplishing the great task he had started.

• getting rid

• leaving undone

• giving up in despair

• finishing with success

• employing an expert to do

I'm afraid you have completely missed the significance of his last remarks.

• meaning and importance

• relevance

• emotional effects

• rationality

• sensitiveness

I don't quite follow what you're getting at. Will you further clarify your position on this issue?

• re-consider, re-evaluate

• make obscure, nebulous, ambiguous

• make (crystal) clear

• classify, categorize

• purify, remove the impurities of

Holding the door open for a moment for the person coming right behind you is the conventional thing to do.

• customary

• optional

• voluntary

• vindictive

• compulsory

One may well ask if it is fair to attempt to inhibit a person's natural impulses. But such is our cultural milieu...

• alter and change

• condition, mould and modify

• curb and restrain

• penalize publicly

• endanger, imperil, jeopardize

It's high time we all went aboard the ship.

• outside

• across

• alongside

• on

• away from

It is a beautiful picture, but I must say the concept of beauty in itself is related to a rather abstract feeling one has.

• intangible

• difficult to believe in

• indescribable

• heavenly

• repulsive