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Absorb: Synonyms and Antonyms
Paper that absorbs ink is called blotting-paper.
Synonyms:
1. Spend
2. Waste
3. Squander
4. Destroy
5. Exhaust
6. Devour
7. Assimilate
Contextual Examples:
A wise man spends the money and a fool wastes it.
The wounds of a stove-burn destroy certain parts of the skin and hence take long to be healed up.
The untimely cyclone squandered the crop away.
Overwork will exhaust him shortly.
In a clash between the police and the porters, the latter destroyed many vehicles of the police.
The hordes of Attila, the Hun burned and wasted what they could not carry away.
Antonyms:
1. Save
2. Hoard
3. Reserve
4. Pressure
5. husband
Contextual Examples:
Wise men always save something for the rainy day.
The government has built storage facilities to hoard food grains for any emergency.
We should reserve 25% of our income for the emergency period.
The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from.
Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language.
Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.
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