New Words for Today |
Pretend (Noun, Verb, Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" |
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Verb |
1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" 2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" 3: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King" |
feign, sham, affect, dissemble |
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Adjective |
1: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" |
Assimilate (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" 2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" 3: make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" |
absorb, ingest, imbibe |
dissimilate |
Proficient (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" |
adept, expert, good, practiced |
Buffet (Noun, Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpensive bar |
counter, sideboard |
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Verb |
1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" 2: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" |
batter, buff |
Synonymous (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same |
antonymous |
Today's Word Challenges |
Match Synonyms | Match Antonyms | |||||||||
1 | pretend | A | practiced | 1: | 1 | assimilate | A | inferior | 1: | |
2 | proficient | B | absorb | 2: | 2 | synonymous | B | antonymous | 2: | |
3 | assimilate | C | district | 3: | 3 | superior | C | dissimilate | 3: | |
4 | territory | D | affect | 4: | 4 | D | 4: | |||
5 | superior | E | higher-up | 5: | 5 | E | 5: |
Match Definitions | ||||
1 | close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | A | surveillance | 1: |
2 | make similar | B | dumbfound | 2: |
3 | the state of something that has been unused and neglected | C | assimilate | 3: |
4 | be a mystery or bewildering to | D | neglect | 4: |
5 | strike, beat repeatedly | E | buffet | 5: |
Crossword Challenge | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | Across: 4: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 5: reject with contempt(5) 6: make believe with the intent to deceive(7) Down: 1: usually inexpensive bar(6) 2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected(7) 3: one of greater rank or station or quality(8) |
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Interesting things about Engligh Language |
What is a "Root Word"? A root word, as its name suggests, is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. The root of the word vocabulary, for example, is "voc", a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation, evocative, vocal, and vociferous. A root word, as its name suggests, is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. The root of the word vocabulary, for example, is "voc", a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation, evocative, vocal, and vociferous. |
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