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vocab
| word | definition(part of speach) | synonyms | antonyms | sentences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| alight | v.to come to rest, settle;come down in; lighted by flame or fire | perch ablaze | ascend | A group of tourists alighted from the boat. |
| analyze | breakdown into components or essential features;consider in detail | dissect | synthesize | The bacteria were analyzed under a powerful microscope. |
| indisputable | adj.not open to question, obviously true; impossible to doubt. | certain incontestable | answerable arguable | I don't think the jury will be convinced that he's guilty without indisputable proof. |
| intuitive | adj. happening or arising without apparent external cause | spontaneous | rational | The controls of an airplane are intuitive. Push to nose down, pull to nose up, turn left, turn right. —Stephan Wilkinson, Popular Science, December 2002 |
| perspective | n. a way of regarding situations or topics; the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer | position context view | blind | Her perspective on the whole thing was completely different |