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Definition: support with evidence or authority
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Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: verify
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Antonym: refute
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The evidence didn't corroborate with his
testimony
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Definition: of or related to love
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Part of Speech: Adj.
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Synonym: amatory
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Antonym: hateful
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He acted amorously towards her.
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Definition: marked by propriety and good taste
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Part of Speech: Adj.
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Synonym: proper
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Antonym: unseemly

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a teenager act
decorously.
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Definition: to execute promptly
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Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: hasten
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Antonym: delay

We were asked to expedite this presentation.

Definition: pleasing or picturesque in natural
simplicity
Part of Speech: Adj.
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Synonym: pastoral
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Antonym: imperfect
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The river had an idyllic appeal.
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Definition: to place side by side unexpected
combinations of color, shape, and ideas
Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: connect
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Antonym: disjoin
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Their juxtaposition is one civilization’s great
mysteries.
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Definition: white, glowing or luminous with
heat
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Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: beaming

Antonym: lackluster

The embers produced a incandescent glow.
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Definition: to cause irritation or annoyance to
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Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: bother
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Antonym: placate

Pierre’s behavior exasperated Vasili.
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Definition: being at variance
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Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: cacophonous

Antonym: harmonious

A mistuned band can easily become a discordant
wreck.
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Definition: tending to erupt into violence
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Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: fluid

Antonym: immutable

Joe handled the volatile substance with great
care.
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Definition: to enlarge from internal pressure
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Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: inflate
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Antonym: shrink

His head seemed to distend as he ranted on.

Definition: fruitful in offspring or vegetation
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Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: fertile
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Antonym: barren

A lot of attention is paid to fecund people.

Definition: wise through reflection and
experience
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Part of Speech: adjective

Synonym: prudent

Antonym: ignorant

His sagely words suggested great wisdom.

Definition: emptied or lacking content

Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: vacant

Antonym: full

His blank expression suggested his mind was
vacuous.
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Definition: to subject to usually bitter or
contemptuous ridicule
Part of Speech: Verb
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Synonym: gibe
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Antonym: commend


Noah was derided all the way up until the
flood.

Definition: marked by or disposed to doing
good
Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: humane

Antonym: barbaric

The Red Cross is a benevolent organization.


Definition: to examine closely and minutely

Part of Speech: Verb

Synonym: examine

Antonym: overlook

Our behavior was placed under great scrutiny.

Definition: deliberately affected or selfconsciously emotional; overly dramatic, in
behavior or speech.
Part of Speech: Adv
Synonym: dramatic

Antonym: reserved

Danny has a rather histrionic way of thinking.
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
Definition: designed or intended to teach

Part of Speech: Adj.

Synonym: sermonic

Antonym: pointless

The didactic way in which teachers normally
do things is somewhat tedious.

Definition: to attack violently with blows or
words
Part of Speech: Verb

Synonym: attack

Antonym: defend

The crusaders assailed Acre’s walls.
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There once was a benevolent man who never derided anyone.
Some people called him a sage, and most people came to him
so that he could corroborate their work. He would scrutinize it
and point out any errors in a non histrionic manner. One day a
friend of his asked him a question he had already answered
three or four times. That was the last straw, he was exasperated
beyond belief. He began to assail his friend with many volatile
words. He ran away with the usually didactic man on his trail.
To expedite his escape, he got in his car and drove off. His
mind was still vacuous as to what he did to upset the man. As
he drove of he juxtaposed the two separate personalities of his
friend and saw that they where very discordant. The sage,
reliving what he had just done to one of his best friends, went
to an idyllic spot down by the river to think what he could do
to make up. His mind became a fecund area for decorous ideas.
He sat there thinking until sunrise. When he saw the
incandescent sun distending on the horizon he was struck with
a great idea. He knew his friend had amorous feelings for a girl
he knew, but he hadn’t been introduced. He rushed off to
arrange for them to meet.
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