1 / 20

Abhor

Abhor. Verb To regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely. Synonyms: despise, detest, aversion Example: When I was a small child, I abhorred eating liver. Advocate. Verb and noun Verb – to speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to.

jerry-massey
Download Presentation

Abhor

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Abhor • Verb • To regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely. • Synonyms: despise, detest, aversion • Example: When I was a small child, I abhorred eating liver.

  2. Advocate • Verb and noun • Verb – to speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to. • Noun – A person who pleads in the interest of a cause or individual. • Synonyms: Support, uphold, recommend; defender, spokesman. • Example: I have become her advocate because I honestly believe in her ideas.

  3. Allude • Verb • To refer to indirectly. • Synonyms: hint at, suggest, insinuate • Example: During the course of the evening, he alluded to the fact that he had attended Harvard.

  4. Appall • Verb • To fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay. • Synonyms: horrify, shock, stun • Example: I was appalled to hear that a fistfight had broken out during the dinner party.

  5. Atone • Verb • To make up for or repent. • Synonyms: redeem, restitution, penance • Example: “You made an honest mistake,” Wanda said. “Don’t feel that you have to atone for it.”

  6. Badger • Verb • To tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments. • Synonyms: Harass, pester, torment • Example: A judge will reprimand an overly aggressive attorney for badgering a witness.

  7. Blithe • Adjective • Merry and carefree, overly unconcerned; reckless. • Synonyms: lighthearted, jolly, jovial • Example: Their blithe lack of concern for the safety of the children in their care disturbed me greatly.

  8. Buttress • Noun and verb • Noun – a support or reinforcement. • Verb – To support or reinforce. • Synonyms: prop, brace, pillar • Example: The speaker buttressed her arguments with a solid presentation of relevant facts and figures.

  9. Censure • Noun and verb • Noun – open and strong criticism or disapproval. • Verb – to criticize severely; to disapprove strongly. • Synonyms: reprimand, condemn, rebuke • Example: I am very wary of anyone who is too quick to censure and too slow to forgive.

  10. Cohere • Verb • To hold or stick together; to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole. • Synonyms: combine, gel. • Example: If all the elements in your essay don’t cohere properly, you won’t achieve a single overall effect.

More Related