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Associations of "Taken aback" (30 Words)

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.