English Vocabulary - Lesson 5 | Absolute, Absolutely, Absolve, Absolved, Absorb
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00:11 💎 Absolute (Adjective): Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. Absolute freedom. Synonyms: Downright, Out-and-out, Rank, Right-down, Sheer.
00:33 💎 Absolutely (Adverb): Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. An absolutely magnificent painting. Synonyms: Dead, Perfectly, Utterly.
00:51 💎 Absolve (Verb): Let off the hook. I absolve you from this responsibility. Synonyms: Free.
01:03 💎 Absolve (Verb): Grant remission of a sin to. The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys. Synonyms: Shrive.
01:17 💎 Absolved (Adjective): Freed from any question of guilt. He is absolved from all blame. Synonyms: Clear, Cleared, Exculpated, Exonerated, Vindicated.
01:37 💎 Absolved (Verb): Grant remission of a sin to. The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys. Synonyms: Absolve, Shrive.
01:52 💎 Absorb (Verb): Take up mentally. He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe. Synonyms: Assimilate, Ingest, Take in.
02:08 💎 Absorb (Verb): Take up, as of debts or payments. Absorb the costs for something. Synonyms: Take over.
02:21 💎 Absorb (Verb): Take in, also metaphorically. The sponge absorbs water well. Synonyms: Draw, Imbibe, Soak up, Sop up, Suck, Suck up, Take in, Take up.
02:44 💎 Absorb (Verb): Suck or take up or in. A black star absorbs all matter. Synonyms: Take in.
02:57 💎 Absorb (Verb): Consume all of one's attention or time. Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely. Synonyms: Engage, Engross, Occupy.
03:14 💎 Absorbed (Verb): Take up mentally. He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe. Synonyms: Absorb, Assimilate, Ingest, Take in.
03:31 💎 Absorbed (Verb): Cause to become one with. The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax. Synonyms: Absorb.
03:45 💎 Absorbed (Verb): Assimilate or take in. The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society. Synonyms: Absorb.
03:58 💎 Absorbent (Adjective): Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.). As absorbent as a sponge. Synonyms: Absorptive.
04:15 💎 Absorptance (Noun): A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber. Absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance. Synonyms: Absorption coefficient, Coefficient of absorption.
04:41 💎 Abstain (Verb): Choose not to consume. I abstain from alcohol. Synonyms: Desist, Refrain.
04:54 💎 Abstemious (Adjective): Marked by temperance in indulgence. Abstemious with the use of adverbs. Synonyms: Light.
05:08 💎 Abstemiously (Adverb): In a sparing manner; without overindulgence. He ate and drank abstemiously. Synonyms: Temperately.
05:21 💎 Abstinent (Adjective): Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink. Not totally abstinent but abstemious. Synonyms: Abstentious.
Information adapted from: Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet 3.0. Princeton University. 2010. Available at: https://wordnet.princeton.edu/
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