Age lines abated, or diminished.
( verb ) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, nullify, or omit
Synonym: diminish, decrease, subside
Antonym: intensify, increase, magnify
Lloyd took drugs to win 1 Tour De France, Lance took them to win Seven! Who’s adulation is excessive?
( noun ) praise or flattery that is excessive
Synonyms : adoration, idolization, heroworship
Antonyms : ridicule, derision, scorn, odium
( noun ) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
Synonyms : malediction, imprecation, abomination
Antonyms : benediction, blessing
Bill gates and Steve Jobs are probably the most astute of all the tech C.E.O.s.
( adjective ) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
Synonyms : shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious
Antonyms : obtuse, doltish, dumb
Also one of the Seven
Deadly Sins.
Mr. Trump is arguable the most avaricious man in these United States.
(noun) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
Synonyms : cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness
( adjective ) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
Synonyms : guilty, delinquent, blameworthy
Antonyms: blameless, innocent, laudable
Don’t be like dilatory Dan.
( adjective ) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone
Synonyms : stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
Antonyms : prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious
Everyone knows the red sour patch kids are the most egregious.
( adjective ) conspicuous, standing out from the mass
Synonyms : glaring, flagrant, blatant
Antonyms : unnoticeable, paltry, piddling
Harvey Dent may be two faced, but there’s nothing equivocal about how he does business. (We can’t say the same for Allison.)
( verb ) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague
Synonyms : to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth, palter, hedge
Like a wisp of smoke, or a face in the clouds.
( adjective ) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy
Synonyms : ephemeral, transient, transitory
I can’t decide which is more disgusting, or delicious.
( adjective ) unable to make up ones mind, hesitating
Synonyms : indecisive, vacillating, wavering
This is a horse head and crab nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope.
They are made of clouds of electrically charged gases.
( adjective ) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused,
Synonyms : hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque
Before finishing his first term as a rookie U.S.
Senator, in 2008 Barack
Obama was a novice
President of these United
States.
For the class of 2016, they were 8 when he was 1 st elected, and Obama is the only president they remember.
( noun ) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (also adjective)
Synonyms : neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice
This is Kenyan poverty. The United
States does not know penury like this.
( noun ) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency
Synonyms : destitution, want, indigence
( adjective ) done for show, striving to make a big impression, claiming merit or position unjustifiably
Synonyms : inflated, ostentatious, affected
Antonyms: unassuming, unaffected, modest
Al Gore didn’t need to recapitulate the vote when he won the
Academy Award for best Documentary
Film. Though Hillary and Barack weren’t thrilled.
( verb ) to review a series of facts; to sum up
Synonyms : review, summarize, go over
( verb ) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence
Synonyms : revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate
( adjective ) untidy, dirty, careless
Synonyms : unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax
Antonyms : neat, tidy, careful, meticulous
Did you simply suppose that the
Liger either did or did not exist without evidence? Well, because of that supposition, you missed out on this super sweet photo.
( noun ) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
Synonyms : assumption, presumption, hypothesis
This torpid torpedo won’t get off its lazy computer generated perch.
( adjective ) inactive, sluggish, dull
Synonyms : sluggish, lethargic, languid
Antonyms : energetic, dynamic, vigorous