Daily Vocabulary – 1 May 2021

Synonyms: Surrender, Yield, Relinquish, Concede, Part with

Antonyms: Take over, Retain, Usurp, Seize

Example: One challenge is that the courts are being asked to <strong>cede</strong> some power.

Synonyms: Sustain, Continue, Maintain, Prolong

Antonyms: Cease, Quit, Stop, Give Up

Example: This system <strong>perpetuated</strong> itself for several centuries.

Synonyms: Unchecked, Rampant, Uncurbed, Unrestrained

Antonyms: Controlled, Checked, Curbed

Example: Running about with <strong>unbridled</strong> energy, the wild toddler could not be calmed down for her nap.

Synonyms: Renounce, Give up, Cease, Abandon

Antonyms: Keep, Hold, Continue

Example: There is no evidence of her ever wishing to voluntarily <strong>relinquish</strong> the post.

Synonyms: Affliction, Infirmity, Indisposition

Example: He aged with dignity despite kidney disease and other <strong>maladies</strong>.