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GAFFE
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Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder
Sentence: An unforgivable social gaffe.
Synonyms: blunder, mistake, error, slip,
Antonyms: precision, accuracy, correctness, exactness
Other form: gaffes
IMMOBILE
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Part Of Speech: Adjective
Definition #1: not moving; motionless.
Definition #2: incapable of moving or being moved.
Sentence #1: she sat immobile for a long time
Sentence #2: an immobile workforce
Synonyms: stationary, static, motionless, unmoving, fixed, dormant, inert
Antonyms: mobile, active, agile, energetic, flexible
Other Forms: None
GLOWER
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Part Of Speech: Verb, Noun
Definition #1: have an angry or sullen look on one's face; scowl.
Definition #2: an angry or sullen look.
Sentence #1: she glowered at him suspiciously
Sentence #2: the angry glower on the face of the policeman
Synonyms: scowl, glare, frown, lour
Antonyms: grin, smile, beam, brighten, lighten, peak up
Other Forms: glowers, glowered, glowering
DERELICT
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Part of Speech: adjective, noun
Definition #1: in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
Definition #2: a person without a home, job, or property.
Sentence #1: the cities were derelict and dying
Sentence #2: derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag
Synonyms: dilapidated, tramp, ramshackle, vagrant, broken-down, down and out, worn out, homeless person, drifter
Antonyms: attentive, careful, conscientious, nonnegligent, dutiful, punctilious, caring, improved
Other Forms: derelicts
ADAMANT
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Part of Speech: adjective, noun
Definition #1: refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
Definition #2: a legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.
Sentence #1: he is adamant that he is not going to resign.
Synonyms: unshakable, immovable, inflexible, unwavering, uncompromising
Antonyms: compliant, flexible, pliant, yielding, acquiescent
Other Forms: adamants
PERUSE
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Part of Speech: verb
Definition: read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way; examine carefully or at length.
Sentence: He has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues; examine carefully or at length.
Synonyms: examine, scan, inspect, study, scrutinize, check, read, con, analyze, eyeball, browse, skim, surf
Antonyms: neglect, overlook, skim, ignore, forget, disregard, skip, misunderstand, miss, bypass
Other Forms: peruses, perused, perusing,
VOGUE
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Part of Speech: Noun, adjective, verb
Definition #1: the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time.
Definition #2: popular; fashionable.
Definition #3: dance to music in such a way as to imitate the characteristic poses struck by a model on a catwalk.
Sentence #1: the vogue is to make realistic films
Sentence #2: service has become a vogue word over the past 35 years
Synonyms: fashion, mode, style, trend, taste, fad
Antonyms: unfashionable, out, disliked, rejected, unpopular
Other Form: vogues
UNCOUTH
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition #1: (of a person or their appearance or behavior) lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.
Definition #2: (of a place) uncomfortable, especially because of remoteness or poor conditions.
Sentence #1: he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time
Synonyms: uncivilized, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined
Antonyms: polite, cultured, refined, cultivated, sophisticated
Other Forms: None
MULL
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Definition: think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length.
Sentence: she began to mull over the various possibilities
Synonyms: thing over/about, ponder, consider, reflect on, contemplate, deliberate
Antonyms: advance, dismiss, disregard, forget, hurry, ignore, leave, neglect, rush, misunderstand, discard, agree, go along
Other Forms: mulls, mulled, mulling
ÉLAN
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Definition: energy, style, and enthusiasm
Sentence: a rousing march, played with great elan
Synonyms: flair, stylishness, smartness, elegance, grace, gracefulness, poise
Antonyms: clumsiness, mediocrity, ineptness, inelegance, awkwardness, ineptitude
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TRUANT
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Part Of Speech: Noun, Adjective, Verb
Definition #1: a student who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
Definition #2: (of a student) being a truant.
Definition #3: another way of saying play truant below.
Sentence #1: He sounded like the school headmaster quietly but firmly dressing down a truant pupil.
Sentence #2: truant children.
Sentence #3: if my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed.
Synonyms: absent, missing, hooky, no show, disappeared
Antonyms: worker, hard worker, attend, show up, present
Other Forms: truanting, truants, truanted,
OGLE
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Definition #1: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Definition #2: a lecherous look.
Sentence #1: he was ogling her breasts
Sentence #2: a vaguely erotic ogle
Synonyms: leer at, stare at, gaze at, eye, make eyes at, make sheep eyes at
Antonyms: ignore, neglect, overlook, disregard, miss, forget
Other Forms: ogles, ogled, ogling
STOIC
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Part of Speech: Noun, adjective
Definition #1: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
Definition #2: of or belonging to the Stoics or their school of philosophy.
Sentence #2: the Stoic philosophers
Synonyms: unemotional, impassive, emotionless, phlegmatic
Antonyms: emotional, demonstrative, fervent
Other Forms: stoics
AMIABLE
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Definition: having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
Sentence: an amiable, unassuming fellow
Synonyms: friendly, affable, amicable, cordial, warm, warmhearted
Antonyms: unpleasant, unfriendly, disagreeable, hostile, irritable, loathsome, unsociable
Other Forms: None
AMEND
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Definition: make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date.
Sentence: the rule was amended to apply only to nonmembers
Synonyms: revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust, edit
Antonyms: worsen, blemish, break, corrupt, debase, decrease, depress, destroy, drop, harm, hurt, ignore
Other Forms: amended, amends, amending
YIELD
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Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Definition #1: produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product); give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.
Definition #2: the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product.
Sentence #1: he land yields grapes and tobacco; the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted
Sentence #2: the milk yield was poor
Synonyms: give, produce, bear, return, earn, generate, return, provide, return
Antonyms: lose, burn, deplete, waste, blow, drain
Other Forms: yields, yielded, yolden, yielding
GAUCHE
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Definition: lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward
Sentence: a shy and gauche teenager
Synonyms: awkward, gawky, inelegant, graceless
Antonyms: elegant, sophisticated, graceful, polished
Other Forms: None
BALK
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Part of Speech: verb, noun
Definition #1: hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
Definition #2: a roughly squared timber beam.
Definition #3: (of a pitcher) make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners.
Sentence #1: any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden
Sentence #3: the rookie balked and permitted Robinson to score
Synonyms: eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to, draw the line at
Antonyms: accept, accede, acquiesce, comply, relent, submit, yield, aid
Other Forms: balked, balks, balking
VERVE
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Definition: vigor and spirit or enthusiasm.
Sentence: Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility
Synonyms: enthusiasm, vigor, energy, pep, dynamism, go elan, vitality
Antonyms: lethargy, reluctance, apathy, disdain, inertia, indifference
Other Forms: None
COMPLIANT
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Definition: inclined to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.
Sentence: a compliant labor force
Synonyms: acquiescent, amenable, biddable, tractable, complaisant
Antonyms: recalcitrant, balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient
Other Forms: None
REPEL
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Part Of Speech: Verb
Definition #1: drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away.
Definition #2: be repulsive or distasteful to.
Sentence #1: they sought to repel the enemy with their machine guns
Sentence #2: she was repelled by the permanent smell of drink on his breath
Synonyms: revolt, fight off, repulse, drive away, force back, disgust, repulse, nauseate, sicken,
Antonyms: accept, agree, aid, allow, approve, assist, increase sanction
Other Forms: repelled, repelling,
AFTERMATH
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Definition: the consequences or aftereffects of a significant unpleasant event.
Sentence: food prices soared in the aftermath of the drought
Synonyms: repercussions, aftereffects, byproduct, fallout, backwash, trail
Antonyms: antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason, origin
Other Forms: None
MULISH
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition #1: resembling or likened to a mule in being stubborn.
Sentence #1: Belinda's face took on a mulish expression
Synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, pigheaded, recalcitrant
Antonyms: agreeable, acquiescent, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant
Other Forms: None
RECTIFY
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Definition #1: put right; correct.
Definition #2: convert (alternating current) to direct current.
Sentence #1: mistakes made now cannot be rectified later.
Synonyms: correct, put, set, make right, put to rights, sort out
Antonyms: brake, corrupt, damage, destroy, hurt, harm, injury, ruin
Other Forms: rectified, rectifying, rectifies
WAKE (lower case w)
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Part of Speech: verb, noun
Definition #1: emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping
Definition #2: watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances including eating and drinking.
Sentence #1: she woke up feeling better
Sentence #2: we waked Jim last night
Synonyms: awake, awaken, wake up, rouse, stir, come to, come around
Antonyms: lull, sleep, catnap, doze, hibernate, snooze, doze off, fall off, fall asleep, go to sleep, take a nap, slumber, kip, drowse, nap
Other Forms: woke, waked, wakes, waking