WORDS OF THE WEEK 10.

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Chicora-loquacious
Kameron-tintinnabulation
Kati-anecdoche
Kaytie-specious
Shyanne-occhiolism
Matthew-martyr
Tyreke-effervescent
Heather-quintessential
Jihad-delineate
Sellers-surreptitiously

Noun
Synonym: Babble, Prattle
a conversation in which everyone is talking
but nobody is listening
Antonym: Meaningful conversation
aneckdock

Anecdoche

My family gatherings are always picture

perfect examples of an anecdoche.

Definition/Part of Speech

Synonym/Antonym

(of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy

Fizzy

vivacious and enthusiastic

Lively Staid
Effervescent

As he popped the corked on the expensive

champagne he neglected the fact that wine is very
effervescent, almost immediately bubbling over with
the bottles contents.

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Flat

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Synonym/Antonym

Adj.
Someone who talks excessively

talkative/quiet

Loquacious
Although she was a good student, her
loquaciousness often got her kicked out
of class because it was very disrupting.
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Synonym/Antonym

Noun

S: Clangor; Chimes

A ringing or tinkling sound.

A: Silence

Tintinnabulation
The soft wind brushing against the smooth metal
chimes created a mellifluous tintinnabulation.

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Synonym/Antonym

Verb

S: Depict; Define

Describe or portray (something) precisely.

A: Confuse; Distort

Indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary).

Delineate
When you require the delineation of a particular
word, a dictionary is, perhaps, the best place to look.

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Synonym/Antonym

ADJ
SYN: inaccurate
ANT: correct

plausible but false

based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

specious
Thank you for providing a sliver of tangible proof to back up
my specious theory that the devil you know can occasionally
reinvent himself.

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Noun

Synonym: conscious

the awareness of the smallness of your

perspective

Antonym: oblivious

occhiolism
The occhiolism I felt when I looked at the stars at
night was enormous.

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Definition/Part of Speech

Synonym/Antonym

adjective
representing the most perfect or typical
example of a quality or class.

Conventional/Average

quintessential
The King was quintessential to
the upper class of medieval
England.
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Synonym/Antonym

noun

Synonym:sufferer
Antonym: confessor

a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on

behalf of any belief, principle, or cause

martyr
Jesus Christ is the martyr for Christianity; he
willingly gave his life, so he could save the world.

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adverb
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking
pains to avoid being observed

Syn:secretly
Ant:obviously

surreptitiously
Late last year, she had a GPS tracker surreptitiously attached to
her vehicle by the private investigator that her husband hired.

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