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Parts of Speech
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Definition
100
Angel gave a wonderfully coherent explanation about moral values in class the other day. What part of speech is coherent?
adjective
100
The novel was so full of cliches that it was _________ and readers felt as though it had been mis-marketed as serious reading.
What is banal?
100
Synonyms of this word include inappropriate and irrelevant.
What is germane?
100
Antonyms for this word include refute, disprove, and invalidate.
What is substantiate?
100
This word means hackneyed, trite, commonplace
What is banal?
200
Her carping criticisms of the recipe made everyone lose their appetites. What part of speech is carping?
Adjectives
200
The water in the pool wasn't cared for properly and it began to __________ into a murky, green, and sludgy swamp.
What is congeal?
200
Synonyms of this word include ravenous and unquenchable.
What is insatiable?
200
Antonyms for this word include garrolous, over-communicative, super social
What is taciturn?
200
This word means holding or sticking together;making a logical whole; meaningful
What is coherent?
300
If his mother didn't stop the endless carping about his messy room, he would go mess hers up.
noun
300
This year you will be encouraged to ___________ the style of your favorite authors.
What is emulate?
300
Synonyms of this word include uncompromising, and unyielding.
What is intransigent?
300
Antonyms for this word include unjustifiable, and indefensible
What is tenable?
300
This word means a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
What is encomium?
400
Please, don't belabor your point any more because we all understand you. What part of speech is belabor?
verb
400
I hope one day to be nominated to give a graduation __________ so that my praise can be heard by a larger audience.
What is encomium?
400
Synonyms of this word include malicious, spiteful, and prejudicial.
What is invidious?
400
Antonyms for this word include altruistic, giving
What is acquisitive?
400
This word means relevant, appropriate, fitting.
What is germane?
500
Adjective
His acquisitive nature led to numerous possessions and few friends. What part of speech is acquisitive?
500
Poor Hester in the Scarlet Letter. Everyone seemed to ________ her.
What is eschew?
500
Synonyms of this word include bounty, liberality
What is largesse?
500
Antonyms for this word include renounce, abandon, abdicate
What is arrogate?
500
This word means refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.
What is intransigent?