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Rasp- noun/verb
rasps, rasped, rasping |
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1. (n.)A harsh, grating noise
(v.) Making a harsh, grating noise
2. A coarse metal object often used to degrade stuff such as wood, metal and other hard material.
synonyms- croak, rub, scrape
antonyms- calmly, gently
He kept on rasping until somebody came over to help him.
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1. to split apart as of hard objects
Synonyms- divide, split, cleave
Anotonyms- put together, rejoin
He sundered his bone after he landed on his arm with his whole body putting pressure in that one place. |
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1. To lack energy and motivation.
Synonyms- sluggish, inactive,spiritful
Antonyms- motivated, excited, intrested
The listless kid walked around in the courtyard, constantly daydreaming all the time. |
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Charlatan- noun
charlatan, charlatans |
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1. A person claiming to have great knowledge and skill
Synonyms- fraud, imposteror, hoaxer
Antonyms- truthful, skillful, keen
The charlatan always acted like he was so great, but in reality he had no friends. |
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1 (n.) A disorderly, unorganized retreat of military combats
(v.) defeat and cause of unorganized retreat of military combats
2. A group of people usually doing a illegal act in order to start a riot
Synonyms- retreat, flight, escape
Antonyms- steady, strong, battle
The soldiers routed due to insufficient amounts of provisions. |
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1. very tasty as of food
2. good looking, attractive
Synonyms- tasty, mouthwatering, delicious
Antonyms- disgusting, mushy, rotten
The toothsome eggplants aroma attracted everybody to the table. |
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Smidgen- noun
Smidgens, Smidgin, Smidgins |
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1. A small amount of something.
Synonyms- tiny, small, miniature
Antonyms- large, a lot, huge
He added a smidgen of nicotine into his coccaine. |
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1. To completely use up something
2. To diminish in number and quantity
Synonyms- shrink, exhaust, consume
Antonyms- restock, gain, grow
They depleted the cake before anybody could slice it. |
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1. Sullen and bad tempered
Synonyms- sullen, gloomy, bad-tempered
Antonyms- cheerful, happy, friendly
The morose kid started banging on the wall when he didn't win the card game. |
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1. a different harsh variation of sounds
Synonyms- discord, racket, noise
Antonyms- melodius, harmonius, elegant
The cacophony sounds from the guitar made me want to scream. |
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1. join or connect through ropes
2. A union of two ropes joined together
Synonyms- interwine, braid, connect
Antonyms- disconnect, undo, destroy
He spliced the two ropes so that they were connected to the pole. |
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1. Having an extremely strong upleasent sense of taste or smell.
2. angry and bitter
Synonyms-pugent, bitter, sour
Antonyms- flavorful,tasty, sweet
The acrid mushrooms aroma made everyone want to barf. |
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Makeshift- adjective/noun
makeshifts, makeshifting |
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1. Serving as temporary substitute
2. A temorary substitute
Synonyms- substitute, temporary, partial
Antonyms- fully, actual
The makeshift was one of our best substitutes yet. |
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Smattering- noun
smatter, smatters
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1. A small chunck of knowledge of languages
2. A small amount of something
Synonyms- bit, modicum, touch
Antonyms- a lot, enormous amounts, huge
Thesels only had a smattering on French and German. |
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Loiter- verb
loitering, loitered |
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Definition
1. Stand around and wait on purpose
2. traveling back and forth with lots of pauses
Synonyms- linger, wait, sulk
Antonyms- pacing, running, fast
He loitered around the school even though it said no loitering |
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Cheeky- adjective
cheekier, cheekiest |
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1. impudent and irreverent, in a amusing and cute way.
Synonyms- amusing, impudent, irreverent
Anotonyms- creepy, scarry, irritatining
His cheecky grin made me laugh so hard. |
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1. A loss of power, status, or dignity
Synonyms- end, spiraling downwards, falling
Antonyms- rising, new, trending
His selfishness and cruelty was his downfall of his status. |
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splay- verb/noun/adjective
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1. to spread things apart
2. (n.) widening something
(adj.) turned outward and widened
3. the surface of an oblique angle
Synonyms- spread,widened, outward
Antonyms- stuck, narrow, inward
He splayed the money in front of him. |
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1. Being worn down on the sides as of a rope.
2. showing the effects of a strain.
Synonyms- uravel, wear out, overtax
Antonyms- strong, tightened, undertax
The fray rope is going to snap any second. |
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1. Change the apperance and texture of
2. Change the quality of
Synonyms- spoil, impair, disfigure
Antonyms- keep, original, regular
He marred the surface of the pencil by scratching the pencil too much. |
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1. split apart and torn violently.
2. split or crack of stone and wood.
Synonyms- split, rent severed
Antonyms- rebuilt, connected, perfect condition
The rock was riven so it could not be used for our rock throwing game. |
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1. The simotaneously sounding chords or musical notes that have a peacful tone.
2. Agreement as in the end to a war.
Synonyms- peace, friendship, fellowship
Antonyms- war, destruction, hatred
The harmony at the end of his reign as a king proved to be a great achievement. |
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1. A tool used to carve wood by slamming a hammer while holding the tool into the wood.
2. To carve something with a certain tool.
Synonyms- hew, ingrave, incise
Antonyms- gently push, take out
He used the chisel to carve his wood block. |
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1. sweet and soothing as of sounds.
Synonyms- sweet, soothing, harmony
Antonyms- harsh, strong, bold
The dulcet sounds made me relieve of all stress in my body. |
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1. Ruining the surface of wood and stone if it had already been cut with an axe.
2. Not polished sophisticatedly or beautifuly.
Synonyms- mar, destroy, ruin
Antonyms- leave alone, re-create, remake
The roughhewn log was dented so badly, it looked as if somebody broke it in half. |
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