a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture a hint or direct suggestion intimiation artifice the whole story was just an artifice to win our sympathy. an ending or a death demise It was ironic that Sheila, a world-class water skier, met her demise when she accidentally drowned. sentence: greta subtly gave me an intimation that she wants me to ask her to prom. sentence: My sojourn in France over the summer helped me to work on my foreign language fluency. an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt precedent gibe sentence: The ruling on the famous court case set a precedent for everyone facing the same hardships in the years to come. sentence: out of earshot of the referee, the soccer player doled out a gibe at the opposing team. courage in pain or adversity warily fortitude after seeing a large snake last week, I've been walking warily through my yard each day. sentence: due to john's extreme fortitude, he was able to clear every hurdle in the race. easily bent or flexible equally skillful with both hands sentence: Because she thinks their minds are more pliable, Josie prefers to teacher younger children. sojourn an example that is used to justify similar situations at a later time. cautiously, carefully pliable a temporary stay or break Ambidextrous Sentence: The pitcher constantly confused each batter with his ambidextrous pitching talent. dull, unresponsive, showing little excitement or motivation stolid sentence: she kept her cool after the infuriating incident; her face was stolid and devoid of any emotional response. exhaust by attacking repeatedly harass sentence: Instead of harassing your neighbor about the dead tree limb, try talking calmly to him about the damage it could cause on your property general external appearance; semblance Guise under the guise of a clown, Joseph made a surprise visit at his son's birthday party. inflicting punishment Punitive having an untidy appearance unkempt sentence: if you appear unkempt at a job interview, it sends the message that you are messy, rushed, and unprepared lacking in courage; cowardly craven in exactly the same words as were used originally verbatim sentence: we had to recite the poem verbatim for full credit on the assignment lavish, rich, luxurious opulent sentence: Jessica's behavior called for punitive action by her parents. I wasn't initially chosen from the kickball teams because I have a tendency to be craven under pressure. sentence: daisy was naturally attracted to the opulent lifestyle Gatsby had created. lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest. of or relating to or used in cooking praise, glorify, honor tepid sentence: The boss could tell by the employee's tepid response that she did not really want the promotion. relentlessly severe; appearing gloomy or sour culinary after taking the class during the summer, Joyce couldn't wait to show off her culinary skills showing no mercy inclement dour we were barely acknowledged by the dour receptionist sentence: the inclement weather kept us from driving to see the basketball game. extol sentence: after he shattered the school's scoring record, everyone seemed to extol him in the hallway. so unimportant that it can be disregarded negligible sentence: Although he did receive a small amount of royalties from the song being used in the movie, that extra money was negligible. someone who opposes sophisticated, refined, elegant adversary urbane sorrowful through loss or deprivation bereft sentence: My main adversary in the chess tournament glared at me from across the table. spreading in a hidden and often harmful way sentence: While the casual clothes you chose are stylish, the urbane party calls for more formal attire. synonym: at risk, danger, peril a source of danger insidious jeopardy sentence: diseases can spread in insidious ways; often the sick person does not have any symptoms. synonyms: hostile, aggressive, threatening sentence: the bookkeepers careless work put the whole companys finances in jeopardy. synonyms: scowl, frown, sneer, pout a contorted facial expression sentence: her bereft demeanor was obvious for weeks after the death of her father. synonym: careful, conscientious, diligent careful attention to detail meticulous the obviously meticulous sewing on the quilt made her gift even more meaningful. synonyms: skillful, adept, dexterous, agile quick or skillful or clever in action or thought eager to fight grimace belligerent once he becomes belligerent, there is no point in trying to calm him down. while she tried to be brave during the procedure, the grimace on her face told the nursing staff that she was in pain. adroit (need to know the analogy) sentence: while she and the other candidate looked the same on paper, her answers in the interview proved her to be much more adroit. synoyms: kind, good-natured, compassionate synoyms: practicable, workable, achievable generous in providing aid to others capable of being done benevolent feasible sentence: The faculty members donate to a fund at the beginning of the year so that we can be benevolent when the need arises. sentence: Mrs. Smith seems to think it is feasible for me to complete this homework in under an hour! synoynms: friendly, goodnatured, civil synoynms: inspect, survey, scan, investigate synoynm: perfect example, prototype, sterotype the most typical example or representative of a type quintessence sentence: Gina has always been the quintessence of high fashion, so we were taken aback when she showed up in an old, saggy pair of jeans and a faded t-shirt. synyoms: casual, unthinking, uninterested to examine closely hasty and without attention to detail scrutinize cursory we maintained an amicable relationship even after the nasty breakup. sentence: The newspaper editor closely scrutiniozed each article to avoid publishing errors. even though I spent two hours getting ready for the dance, my crush didn't even offer a cursory glance in my direction. synyoms: deceitfulness, deception, two-facedness synyoms: disaster, catastrophe, destruction deceitfulness; double-dealing an act of great destruction and loss of life either by purposeful or natural means friendly and good-natured amicable duplicity my "friend" displayed extreme duplicity, pretending to be kind and caring while talking about me behind my back. holocaust sentence: Several members of her family died in the holocaust. synyoms: impermeable, sealed. not allowing to pass through or be affected by impervious after the exterminator came out, our home was impervious to termites. synyoms: momentum, propulsion, thrust synyonm: sentimentality, reminiscence, recollection synyonyms: against, hostile to, unwilling the act of applying force suddenly a longing for something in the past strongly opposed averse impetus nostalgia sentence: The leaders moving speech provided the movement with the impetus it needed to get started. sentence: hearing a song from my childhood took me back to some special moments and gave me a sense of nostalgia. sentence: the majority of the neighborhood supported building the community pool, but the averse minority was extremely vocal synyoyms: degenerate, revert, worsen to go back to bad behavior the source of an artist's inspiration retrogress muse to be or become wide open gape Josh didn't want to get in the habit of playing teams worse than they were, because he feared their abilities would retrogress. to cause to continue or prevail sentence: Now that the songwriter found his muse, he continues to write top ten hits. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral, or intellectual means perpetuate corece sentence: By not notifying a teacher that the bullying was taking place, he really perpetuated the situation. to dissolve, disband, or eliminate a combination of emotional appeals and begging helped me coerce my parents into letting me go to the birthday party. to isolate or seperate sentence: the large duffel bag beside her feet gaped open, revealing her hoard of valentine's candy. to corrupt; to leave in poorer quality by adding something inferior Adulterate Sentence: The meat was group fine and adulterated with potato flour. to make someone feel very happy or animated alienate liquidate sentence: The company was liquidated after several months of failing sales reports exhilarate sentence: We didn't intend to alientate you at lunch; we simply ran out of seats at our table! sentence: It exhilarated Jim to hear he had earned the promotion. to make something greater by adding to it. Augment Sentence: I plan to augment my income by working as a babysitter on the weekends. to say, state, or perform again reiterate sentence: because her class wasn't really listening, the teacher thought it best to reiterate instructions for the tough task. to move troops into position for military action to remedy or set right redress deploy sentence: to show our appreciation, we plan to make a banner for the troops who deploy this month. uncertain sentence: In our latest meeting, we discussed strategies to peacefully redress injustices we may experience. undeveloped but potentially useful tentative fallow While we know most of the details about the trip, most of the plans are tentative and depend on the weather. sentence: we invested in the fallow land because we saw long-term potential.
