Question | Answer |
facade | the face or front of a building, a false front |
facade | a false or misleading appearance |
reduce | to make smaller in size, amount, or number (synonyms: decrease,dilute) |
inflame | to set on fire |
inflame | to make angry or aggravate (synonyms:annoy, aggravate, agitate, provoke) |
inflame | to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement |
inflame | to cause inflammation in bodily tissue |
skimpy | barely enough (synonym: scant, meager) Use this word when there is just enough with little left over |
synonym for skimpy | scanty |
grace | approval, favor, or honor |
grace | help from God in overcoming temptation |
grace | short prayer at meals |
grace | beauty or ease of movement |
grace | used as a title for royalty |
fluster (verb form) | to make nervous and upset (synonym: agitate, perplex) |
fluster (noun form) | the state of agitation, confusion, excitement (Antonym: calm) |
scant | less than the correct or full amount (synonyms:insufficient, meager, skimpy) |
synonymn for scanty | skimpy |
gist | the real meaning (synonyms: crux, pith, core) Example: The gist of Al Gore's movie is that we need to do something about global warming now. |
enlighten | to give knowledge or understanding to (synonym: explain) Antonym: perplex |
enlighten | instruct (synonym: teach) |
inept | not suited for the occassion |
inept | inappropriate or out of place (example: an inept remark) |
inept | lacking in skill or ability to complete a particular task (synonym: clumsy, ungainly, incompetent) Antony: graceful |
dexterity | skill, grace, and ease, especially when using the hands (synonyms: agility, adroitness) |
agitate | to stir up, to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action (example the hurricane winds agitated the seas) synonyms: churn |
agitate | to stir up or disturb |
pithy | being short and to the point |
pith | the important or essential part (example: the pith of the matter) synonyms: core, crux, gist, |
deception | misleading, the act of deceiving, a trick, not true (Antonyms: candid, honest) |
deception | something that tricks |
gallivant | to travel or roam about for PLEASURE (synonyms: rove, roam, straggle) |
fidgety | showing restlessness with nervous movements (synonyms: jittery, jumpy, agitated) Hint: use this when describing nervous movements |
hypocrite | a person who pretends to have virtues or qualities that he or she does not have (synonym: pretender) This person is deceptive |
hypocrite | a person whose actions contradict their stated beliefs or feelings (synonym: defector, trickster) |
rove | to roam about without a purpose or plan |
rove | to go from place to place without a plan |
aimless | lacking a purpose or a goal |
prophet | one who declares publicly a message that one believes has come from God |
prophet | one who foretells future events |
dilute | to make thinner or more liquid by adding or mixing something in |
dilute | lacking normal strength (like a drink, tea) synonym: reduce |
predictable | to tell or describe ahead of time |
core | the central or most important part |
core | the usually inedible central part of some fruits |
core | when used as a verb this means to remove a core from. Anna __________d the apple before eating it. |
flustrated | synonym for agitated |
pith | soft center of the stem of most flowering plants |
pith | center, core, or most important part |
perplex | to confuse |
agitation | the feeling of being agitated (synonym for flustration) |
inflammation | body tissue swelling |
dilution | synonym for reduction |
prophecy | synonym for prediction |
prediction | synonym for prophecy |
predict | foretell |
prophet | synonym for predictor |
synonyn for dilute | reduce |
synonym for reduce when talking about liquids | dilute |