alleryStart learning →Which word means to resign from the throne?
- Abdicate
- Abrogate
- Arrogate
- Abnegate
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Correct answer: A. Abdicate
A monarch who gives up the crown is said to abdicate, as Edward VIII did.
SSC CGL Commonly Misused English Words — practice questions
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Which word means to repeal a law or abolish an arrangement?
- Abdicate
- Abrogate
- Arrogate
- Abnegate
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Correct answer: B. Abrogate
Abrogate is used for doing away with a law or ending an agreement.
Which word means to deny oneself something?
- Arrogate
- Abdicate
- Abnegate
- Abrogate
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Correct answer: C. Abnegate
Abnegate points inward: a person abnegates by refusing themselves a pleasure or right.
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