Dictionary of Verbs: Vocabulary Building

By Manik Joshi

2500 Useful Verbs and Their Meanings --- Verbs are words that show action, state of being, or occurrence and form the main part of the predicate of a sentence. The basic form of a verb is known as its infinitive. In this book, you will study and learn useful English verbs with their meanings. ----- Sample this: English Verbs - A -- 01 -- abase -- to behave in a way so as to make someone that he/she does seem unimportant synonyms: belittle, degrade, demean, humiliate, subjugate] --- 02 -- abate -- to become less strong or widespread; to make something less strong or widespread. synonyms: decline, subside] --- 03 -- abduct -- to illegally and forcefully take sb away and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get sth such as money for returning them synonym: kidnap] --- 04 -- abet -- to help or encourage or support sb to do sth wrong or illegal --- 05 -- abhor -- to strongly hate a way of thinking or behaving for moral reasons synonyms: detest, despise, loathe] --- 06 -- abrade -- to remove part of the surface of sth, such as rock or skin, and damage it or make it rough by rubbing it against sth rough and hard i.e. by friction or erosion synonyms: graze, roughen, scrape] --- 07 -- abridge -- to make a shortened version of an 'original text' synonyms: abbreviate, shorten] --- 08 -- abrogate -- to officially cancel or end sth such as a law, agreement, contract, decision, etc. and make them no longer valid synonyms: repeal, revoke, rescind] --- 09 -- abstract -- (a). to extract or remove something from something else --- (b). to consider something theoretically or separately from (something else) --- (c). to make a written summary of the main points of an argument, theory or a book, etc. --- 10 -- abut -- (of an area of land or a building) to be next to sth or to have a common boundary with the side of sth synonym: adjoin] --- 11 -- acclaim -- to praise, admire or welcome sb/sth enthusiastically and publicly --- 12 -- ache -- (a). to feel continuous pain in a part of your body synonym: hurt] --- (b). to have a strong desire for sb/sth or to do sth --- (c). to be very sad or distressed --- 13 -- adore -- to be very fond of something or to like sb very much synonyms: admire, love] --- 14 -- affect -- (a). to cause a change in someone or something; to have an impact or an influence on someone or something --- (b). to produce strong feelings of distress, pity, regret, sorrow, or sympathy, etc. on sb --- (c). (of a disease) to make sb become ill or sick; to have an impact on sb or a particular part of the body --- (d). -- to act as if you are feeling or thinking sth --- (e). to try to impress other people by using or wearing sth that looks special/unique; to behave insincerely or unnaturally to impress other people synonym: put on] --- 15 -- aggrandize -- to increase power, wealth, importance or status of a person or country synonyms: enhance; extend] --- 16 -- aggravate -- (a). to intentionally irritate somebody synonyms: annoy, exasperate] --- (b).to make an unpleasant situation or an illness worse or more serious synonyms: exacerbate, worsen] --- 17 -- ante -- to put a sum of money in poker before receiving cards --- 18 -- ape -- (a). to do sth in the same way as sb else, however not in a proper manner synonym: imitate] --- (b). to irritate or make fun of sb by copying the way they behave, talk, or walk, etc in an absurd manner synonym: mimic] --- 19 -- appease -- (a). to make sb calmer and prevent them from harming you by accepting their demands synonyms: conciliate; soothe; pacify] --- (b). to make or preserve peace with a nation and avoid war by giving it what they want --- 20 -- arch -- (a). (of part of your body) to move and form a curved shape --- (b). to be in a curved line or shape across or over sth --- 21 -- aspire -- to direct your hopes, efforts, etc. towards a particular career or activity synonyms: aim, seek]

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B098WHLTV7
• ISBN13: 9798533214070
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"