to make less in extent or duration

S:abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut back, dock, elide, syncopate, truncate

A:elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

ABRASION

an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface

S:bruise, graze, scrape bedsore, gall

A:

ACCEPTED

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

or

to regard as right or true

S:buy, credit, swallow, take, trust, have, countenance,

A: decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down, veto, discountenance

ACQUIRED

to come to have gradually

s: cultivate, form, garner, procure

A: forfeit, lose