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Associations of "Taken aback" (30 Words)
| acquirement | Something acquired, typically a skill. The acquirement of self control. |
| acquisition | Something acquired. Western culture places a high value on material acquisition. |
| bring | Bring into a different state. Bring charges. |
| broach | (of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface. He broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening. |
| buccaneer | Live like a buccaneer. The marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts. |
| confiscate | Appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty. The government confiscated his property early in the war. |
| deprivation | The action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office. Deprivation of civil rights. |
| deprive | Take away. The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen. |
| dispossess | (in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball. A champion of the poor and the dispossessed. |
| fetch | The action of fetching. That air of his always fetches women. |
| forfeit | The action of forfeiting something. The contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time. |
| forfeiture | The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer. |
| grab | A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize. A grab rail. |
| have | Have or possess either in a concrete or an abstract sense. Have a feeling. |
| hold | Support or hold in a certain manner. The flask holds one gallon. |
| impound | Place or shut up in a pound. It will impound a reservoir 130 miles long. |
| impoverish | Take away. The wars had impoverished him. |
| loot | Goods or money obtained illegally. Tonnes of food aid awaiting distribution had been looted. |
| own | Have something as one s own possess. She owned to a feeling of profound jealousy. |
| picking | The act of picking crops or fruit or hops etc. He sent the first picking of berries to the market. |
| pillage | The act of stealing valuable things from a place. The abbey was plundered and pillaged. |
| plunder | Plunder a town after capture. The contents of the abandoned houses were plundered by members of the new regime. |
| procure | Obtain (something), especially with care or effort. He persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket. |
| ransack | Search (a place or receptacle) thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm. Man has ransacked the planet for fuel. |
| secure | Cause to be firmly attached. A loan secured on your home. |
| seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. Army rebels seized an air force base. |
| supplant | Take the place or move into the position of. The computer has supplanted the slide rule. |
| usurp | Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. The Church had usurped upon the domain of the state. |
