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1. n. a harsh grating noise
2. v. to yell something out loud in a harsh manner
The engine made a rasping sound when the car started.
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v. to spilt apart
When Jake broke the vase it sundered all over the floor.
ant: a whole piece
syn: shattered pieces |
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adj.lacking energy or manners
When he didn't get enough hours of sleep,he was listless.
ant:having energy
syn:lazy |
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n. a fraud
When I bought the TV online, it never came. So the buyer was a fraud.
syn: tricker
ant:honest
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1.n. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops
2. v.cut a groove,or any pattern extending to the edges
1. We saw a cilp of a rout army running to their camp base.
2. I drew a rout pattern,and it loked weird when I was finished.
syn:abstract
retreating army
ant:charging army
regular army |
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adj.something that tastes good
When I ate some food at the restaurant, the food was toothsome.
syn: delicious
ant:nasty |
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n. a small amount of something
I did a smidgen of playing on the computer today.
syn:small amount
ant: using lots of time |
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adj. ill tempered
Jeff is a morsose person if he is sleepy. |
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n. a harsh sound that is bad to hear
My parents and I agree that rock and roll is a cacophny to hear.
syn:bad to hear
ant:pleasant sounds |
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v.1. to connect with a rope by interweaving the strands 2. to join ropes on the end parts of timber
Two workers spliced the block of wood
syn:join with a block of wood
ant: to disconnect from a rope
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adj. a tempory object used for a short amount of time
A homeless person used a piece of hollow log as a makeshift shelter.
syn:tempory ant:permanent |
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n. loss of power,proseperity,or status
The Roman government suffered form a downfall.
syn:ruin
ant:rise |
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1.v. to trust things. 2.a. n. to broaden b. surface making an obliques angle with another ,such as the splayed side of a window3. adj to widen
1.I splayed to ball to my friend
2. I splayed the image so that it can be huge.
3. The wall began to splay.
syn:wide spread
ant:narrow |
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adj. to suprise badly
The rotten apple made gave us a acriud shock
syn:bad,nasty
ant:good |
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1.v. cheap fabric 2. to fight
1. We brought the fray form the dollar store.
2. The two ,drunkmen started the fray near the bar.
syn:battle
ant:peaceful |
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v. an ugly scar
When I fell, I noticed that the marred area on my leg was bleeding.
syn:hurt
ant: to not hurt |
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v.to use up or consume; to diminish
I depleted the food at lunch.
syn: to drain
ant: to increase
flood:augment::drain:deplete
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n. to know a little of a lanuage or any subject
Jack can only speak a smattering bit of English because he is from a different country.
syn:smidgen
ant: to know a lot of
hard:difficult::smidgen:smattering
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v.to be idle
I saw a classmate loiter over his home work.
syn: dawdle
ant:hurry
run:walk::loiter:advance
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adj. insolent behavior
Jim was sent to the office due to his cheeky behavior
syn:brash
ant:fearful
happy:sad::scared:cheeky |
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V. to tear something up
Mickey had rivened the papers.
syn:divide
ant:repair
fix :repair::riven:demolish |
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n. 1.a beautiful sound2. to agree
The harmony of the band playing was an amazing sight to see. I harmonied with the dealer that I would have to sign the contract.
syn:an agreement
ant:disagree
hear:sound::hamony :agreement
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v.to cheat
Garry chiseled 3 dollars out of Ken.
syn:scam
ant:honest
money:steal::chisel:scam |
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adj.plesant to the ear;plesant
The singing ofthe choir was dulcet.
syn:musical
ant:cacophony
loud:soft::dulcet:cocophony |
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adj. a crude shape
syn:not perfect,sharp
ant:smooth,perfect |
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