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Def: Moving by Swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do
Syn: Swinging
Sentence: The orangutan was observed BRACHIATING from vine to vine. |
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Def: The scene or setting in which something takes place
Syn: setting
Sentence: The squash match took place at a new indoor VENUE. |
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Def:Lacking conscious awareness; Unmindful
Syn: unaware
Ant: aware
Sentence: Sharon seemed OBLIVIOUS to the risks involved in swimming with hungry sharks. |
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Def: To change into a different shape or form, especially one that is fantastic or bizarre
Syn: Transfigure
Ant: Persist
Sentence: In Harry Potter, Viktor Krum TRANSMOGRIFIES into a shark man |
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Def: Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning
Syn: Sycophantic
Ant: Domineering
Sentence: Waylon Smithers is Mr. Burn's OBSEQUIOUS assistant on the Simpsons. |
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Def: In an initial or early stage; just begun
Syn: Undeveloped
Ant: Developed
Sentence: After the incident with the snake, Harry had an INCHOATE sense of some special calling that awaited him. |
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Def: to wail in lamentation especially for the dead
Syn: Laments
Ant: Celebrates
Sentence: Sarah KEENS over the body of her dead friend |
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Def: the growing together of separate parts
Syn: Coalescence
Ant: Separation
Sentence: The CONCRESCENCES of the roots of these teeth is caused by the fusion of their surfaces. |
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Def: Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action
Sn: Classicism
Ant: Romanticism
Sentence: Descartes contributed to RATIONALISM |
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Def: 1-To convert into bone 2- To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern
Syn: Hardened
Ant: Flexible
Sentence: The old Man's ideas were as OSSIFIED as his bones |
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Def: To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known info
Syn: Project
Ant: Deduce
Sentence: The job of car designers is to EXTRAPOLATE trends that are developing |
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Def: Ghostly Figures; Specters, sudden or unusual sights
Syn: Specter
Sentence: The ghostly APPARITIONS frightened the villagers |
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Def: appropriateness of behavior or conduct
Syn: Propriety
Ant: Incivility
Sentence: Mrs. Ennis exhorted her students to behave with a modicum of DECORUM during the assembly. |
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Def: Having unlimited or universal power authorit, or force, all-powerful
Syn: Infinite
Ant: limited
Sentence: Comic super heros often have powers nearing OMNIPOTENCE. |
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Def: Any of several large sea birds of the genus Morus, having white plumage with black wing tips
Syn: Sea Bird
Sentence: The GANNET circled the approaching ship. |
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Def: Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
Syn: unyielding
Ant: yielding
Sentence: Grendel was consumed by a feeling of INEXORABLE doom. |
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Def: The upper front part of a saddle
Syn: Saddle Bow
Sentence: As he spoke, the coastguard leaned over the POMMEL of the saddle. |
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Def: a crafty stratagem; subterfuge
Syn: Trick
Ant: honesty
Sentence: The spy kept up his RUSE of pretending to be an electrician working on the embassy for weeks. |
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