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| 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 |
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