Advanced Vocabulary - Giving Up

Index
Match the verbs on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
  • desert
  • succumb
  • discard
  • abdicate
  • cede
  • renounce
  • capitulate
  • resign
  • abandon
  • concede
  • give up the position of being king or queen
  • accept defeat by your enemies in a war
  • admit that you have lost a game, an election
  • die from the effect of a disease or an injury
  • leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever
  • give up or surrender land, position, or authority
  • leave the armed forces without permission
  • state formally that you are leaving a job permanently
  • get rid of something that you no longer want or need
  • publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something
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