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Profess (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" 2: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist" 3: admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money" |
concede, confess, pretend |
Criterion (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" 2: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community" |
standard, measure, touchstone |
Transitory (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" |
ephemeral, passing, short-lived |
Extrapolate (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating; "the scientists tried to extrapolate the types of microbs that exist" 2: estimate the value of; "they extrapolated the value of the houses in the area" 3: draw from specific cases for more general cases; "based on the cases, it has been extrapolated that more deaths may occur if the virus reaches our shore" |
generalize, infer, interpolate |
Clique (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; "it's fun to hang around your own clique" |
coterie, ingroup |
outsider |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Write answers in the comment box *** |
Match Synonyms |
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| 1 | repercussion | A | increase | 1: | 1 | increment | A | outsider | 1: | |
| 2 | profess | B | repentant | 2: | 2 | eccentric | B | cold | 2: | |
| 3 | increment | C | pretend | 3: | 3 | bemused | C | calm | 3: | |
| 4 | penitent | D | cordial | 4: | 4 | affable | D | decrement | 4: | |
| 5 | affable | E | backlash | 5: | 5 | clique | E | concentric | 5: | |
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| 1 | deeply absorbed in thought | A | bemused | 1: |
| 2 | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | B | eccentric | 2: |
| 3 | excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion | C | preeminent | 3: |
| 4 | affording an abundant supply | D | frenetic | 4: |
| 5 | greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | E | copious | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Across: 2: having a secret or hidden meaning(7) 4: total forgetfulness(8) 9: kindness of disposition or manner(6) 10: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose(6) Down: 1: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority(8) 3: a sign of something about to happen(7) 5: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 6: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting(6) 7: make children(5) 8: be false to; be dishonest with(6) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| What are "Homophones"? Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. Some examples of Homophones are: Cent/Sent, won/one, allowed/aloud, bare/bear, capital/capitol, two/too, discreet/discrete. Can you find more? Did you know? - Study of the inheritance of acquired characteristics is called "ctetology." |
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Recent Words Learned: clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent, hypothetical, pedestrian, delude, cryptic, terse, frenetic, exacting, malefactor, portent, copious, increment Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 2: frenetic, 5: flora, 8: blight, 9: beget Down: 1: accolade, 3: exacting, 4: chasm, 6: delude, 7: abash |
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