Vocabulary 20

nekokat (Thailand)
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  1. discard
    anything that is cast aside
    Mike: I discarded the empty juice box. Mine:I discarded the trash into the bin.
    Synonyms: abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison
    Antonyms: embrace, keep, retain
  2. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
    Mike: I dispelled the notion that I like Coca-Cola. Mine: She dispelled his ideas about going to Dreamworld.
    Synonyms: allay, banish, beat off, break it up, break up, bust up, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up
    Antonyms:accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall
  3. disperse
    move away from each other
    Mike: The crowd dispersed after the concert finished. Mine: After the meeting was disperse, everyone went home.
    Synonyms:banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble
    Antonyms:arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather
  4. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    Mike: The water was displaced when too many people got into the small plastic swimming pool. Mine: The old telephone was displaced by a new one.
    Synonyms: change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot
    Antonyms: leave
  5. disqualify
    make unfit or unsuitable
    Mike: I was disqualified from the game because I have the wrong equipment. Mine: The judges disqualify the participants for cheating.
    Synonyms:bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix, not make the cut, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken
    Antonyms:allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify
  6. evict
    expel or eject without recourse to legal process
    Mike: I was evicted from my apartment for failing to pay the rent on time. Mine: She was evicted from the school because she cheat all the exams.
    Synonyms:boot out, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing, show out, show the door, shut out, toss out on ear, turn out
    Antonyms:admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome
  7. excise
    remove by cutting
    Mike: The excise tax was used to increase revenue from the sale of products. Mine: The teachers excise many of the unnecessary questions on the test.
    Synonyms:customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll
  8. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    Mike: The man was exiled from his country because of his many crimes. Mine: The king exile the soldier because of the betrayal.
    Synonyms:banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation
  9. extinguish
    put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    Mike: The fire was extinguished with water. Mine: You need to quickly extinguish the fire otherwise the forest will be burn!
    Synonyms:blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample
    Antonyms: light
  10. purge
    rid of impurities
    Mike: The group was purged of all its malcontents. Mine: She purge the sickness by praying to God.
    Synonyms:abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt
    Antonyms: holding, keeping, maintenance
Created on Wed Mar 13 09:28:31 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Mar 13 11:41:55 EDT 2013)

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