p.o.s.:noun

deff:group of the most wealthy and privileged

sentence: members of the country's tiny aristocracy had private beaches for sunbathing

p.o.s:noun

deff:Breaking of a legal oat

sentence: The manager swore at the trial that he had no information about the store robbery; when he was found of lying, police charged him with perjury

syn: dishonesty

ant: fidelity

p.o.s:adj.

deff:available only to a special few; entitled to something special

syn:confidential

ant: common

p.o.s: adj

deff: hidden or secret; done without notice

syn: stealthy

ant: open

p.o.s: noun

deff: an idea important to a system of beliefs

syn: commandment

p.o.s:adj.

deff: overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive

syn: wanton

ant: restrained

p.o.s: adj.

deff: sweetly flowing or sounding

syn: harmonious

p.o.s.:noun

deff: lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner sent: The speaker's levity seemed ou of place at the funeral

syn: jollity

ant: gloominess

p.o.s: verb

deff: to slip away; go by

sent: many years had elapsed, and the farmer was eager to see his homeland again.

p.o.s: adj.

deff: having no effect or importance

sent: What once seemed like a major event in my life now seems entirely inconsequential

syn: trivial

ant: essential

p.o.s: verb

deff: to bring about

sent: If you don't want to incur your math teacher's anger, you should finish your homework.

syn: acquire

ant: avoid

p.o.s: verb

deff: to go back to a less mature or less positive state

sent: Whenever the two adult brothers got together, they seemed to regress to the age of 13.

syn: slip back

ant: improve

p.o.s:verb

deff: to casually walk; stroll

sent: Monique ambled up to the other children on the beach and asked what they were doing

ant: hurry

p.o.s: noun

deff: an answer, a reply

sent: The writer of the letter to the newspaper issued a rejoinder to his critics.

syn: retort

p.o.s:adj.

deff: believing and acting on the ideas of a political party or group

sent: During a particularly close election, our town was split along partisan lines

syn: factional

p.o.s: verb

deff: to give away; share

sent: Before I set out on my own, my mother imparted some helpful advice about life to me.

syn: pass on

ant: conceal

p.o.s: adj.

deff: containing all; not keeping any out

sent: I am looking for a more inclusive atlas because my current one only has a few maps.

syn: all-embracing

ant: limiting

p.o.s: adj.

deff: accurate; definite

syn:exact

ant: indefinite

p.o.s: adj.

deff: symbolic rather than literal

syn: figurative

ant: actual

p.o.s: verb

deff: to make hostile

sent: Alison alienated her party guests by forcing them to discuss subjects they knew nothing about. 

syn: offend

ant: attract

p.o.s: verb

deff: to conceal the truth; to deceive

sent: Rather than dissembling when asked if he took the money, Clayton confessed to everything.

syn: deceive, counterfeit

ant: reveal

semblance

p.o.s: noun

deff: rough likeness

sent: My mother demanded that I get my room into some semblance of order before our relatives came to visit.

syn: copy

p.o.s: verb

deff: to preserve in memory forever

syn: memorialize

ant: forget

p.o.s: verb

deff: to cause extreme embarrassment to

syn: humiliate

ant: delight

p.o.s: adj.

deff: Harmful to physical or moral health

sent: The noxious fumes of toxic chemicals filled the abandoned warehouse.

syn: foul

ant: pleasant

p.o.s: adj.

deff: cheerful and full of life

sent: Donna was a vivacious, fun-loving girl who enjoyed going out with her friends.

syn: merry, exuberant

ant: lifeless

p.o.s: adj.

deff: relating to the processes of thought

sent: learning to distinguish shapes and colors is part of a baby's cognitive development

p.o.s: adj.

deff: aware

sent: when Tasha became cognizant of a problem with the rocket, she notified the engineers.

syn: conscious

ant: unaware

p.o.s: noun

deff: use of trickery and false logic in arguments

sent: At first Brenda was convinced by the argment, but she later decided it was nothing but sophistry.

syn: deception

ant: honesty

p.o.s: adj.

deff: not highly developed; crude

sent: I found Greg's sense of humor sophomoric, but he was funny nonetheless.

syn: idiotic, foolish

ant: mature

p.o.s: adj.

deff:In name only; not completely true

sent: The nominal purpose of the club was to discuss ancient coins, but the members usually argued about politics.

syn: supposed

ant: real

p.o.s: verb

deff: to enroll in a degree program, especially at a college

sent: Darnell is going to take a year off before he matriculates at the business school.

p.o.s: verb

deff: 1. To rgularly visit or give business to

2. To talk down to; condescend

p.o.s: noun

deff: a person living outside his or her native country

syn:emigrant

ant: native

p.o.s: noun

deff: one related to or associated with

sent: The small business became an affiliate of a much larger corporation in New York.

syn: partner

ant: rival

p.o.s: noun

deff: the founder of a line or race

sent: The progenitor of the Louis family in America was a fur merchant named Jacques

syn: forefather

ant: descendant

p.o.s:noun

deff: an important, powerful person in business

sent: The nineteenth-century railroad magnates met to decide the future of American transportation.

syn: baron

ant: employee

p.o.s: noun

deff: a brief statement that conveys a general truth

sent:The maxim "Everything in moderation" is especially relevant to undergraduate students

p.o.s: verb

deff: to make smaller, lessen

sent: The area's natural resources will diminish quickly unless something is done to preserve them.

syn: reduce

ant: add to, build

p.o.s: adj.

deff: tiny

syn: insignificant