Excercises
Let`s try to identify the Synonyms of most common words. This is how, We`d be able to deal with difficult words gradually.
Let`s find the Synonym of abstract :
It gives the Sense 1:
abstraction, abstract
concept, conception, construct
Sense 2:
outline, synopsis, abstract, precis
summary, summarization
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb abstract
Sense 1:
abstract
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sense 2:
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
steal
Sense 3:
abstract
consider, take, deal, look at
Sense 4:
abstract
sum up, summarize, resume
Similarity of adj abstract
4 senses of abstract
Sense 1:
abstract (vs. concrete)
conceptual
ideal
conceptional, ideational, notional
Sense 2:
abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective
nonrepresentational (vs. representational)
Sense 3:
abstract, theoretical
technical (vs. nontechnical)
Sense 4:
abstract
theoretical (vs. applied)