Nah - scent
adj.
In the nascent stages of one’s youth, one is bound to commit a few silly mistakes
Unfortunately, my brilliant paper was only in its nascent form on the morning that it was due.
Syn: New, Developing, Germinating
Ant: Dying, Shrinking, Withering
verb
Five years’ absence had done nothing to efface the people’s memory of his firmness.
It might please me to efface in my mind the troubled present with dreams of past glories
Syn: Erase, Eliminate, Blur
Ant: Keep, Restore, Retain
verb
This magazine feels like a concerted effort to purvey gloom and doom
There were a few vendors in the French market place that only purveyed fruit.
Syn: Provide, Supply, Assist
Ant: Seize, Take, Buy
Kuh - lair - ick
adj.
Men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing whatever gets in their way.
The young lady who used to be sweet tempered turned choleric once she had been taunted one to many times at work and would now snap everyone.
Syn: Irritable, Irascible, Peevish
Ant: Cam, Content, Collected
verb
I think it’s important to tout your accomplishments at work; just don’t brag too much.
The toy company is touting the success of its new line of dolls.
Syn: Promote, Laud, Acclaim
Ant: Conceal, Hide, Denounce
adj.
Syn: Cliché, Trite, Banal
Ant: Uncommon, Original, Unique
in - grey - shee - ate
verb
Because the employee was eager for a promotion, he decided to ingratiate himself with the boss by getting her coffee, showing up early for work, and coming in on his days off.
He sought to ingratiate himself with his guests by giving them all gifts.
Syn: Truckle, Charm Flatter
Ant: Repel, Deter, Disgust
adj.
The style is highly discursive, leap-frogging forward and backward across the decades, without ever sacrificing thrust or clarity.
I am glad that you were discursive when making that decision instead of going with your gut!
Syn: Deviating, Digressive, Erratic
Ant: Direct, Concise, Succinct
adj.
Ineffable beauty of god, his sublime nature, his final triumph.
At the end of the paper it is suggested that this trace of nature in humanity is not ineffable or obscure.
Syn: Indescribable, Transcendent, Unspeakable
Ant: Definable, Describable, Utterable
luh - conik
adj.
Syn: Succinct, Terse
Ant: Long-winded, Verbose, Wordy
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