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Dovetail
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1.
DOVETAIL (VERB)
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link, fit together
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Synonyms
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coincide, conform
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Antonyms
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clash, differ
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Example
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The novel is structurally daring, managing to dovetail the
perspectives of both boys.
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2.
CONCORDAT (NOUN)
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agreement
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Synonyms
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pact, deal
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Antonyms
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disagreement,
misunderstanding ,
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Example
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This was a rupture of the concordat, and was so regarded by
Napoleon.
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3.
REAM (NOUN)
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heap
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Synonyms
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bundle, stack
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Antonyms
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individual, lack
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Example
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This year's survey included a ream of questions about
returning-veteran violence.
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4.
FAZE (VERB)
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embarrass
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Synonyms
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annoy, confound
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Antonyms
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encourage, enlighten
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Example
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None of this has seemed to faze the journalist, who, this
fashion season, displayed her trademark ability to excite and infuriate.
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5.
MOPE (VERB)
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pout, be dejected
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Synonyms
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brood, sulk
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Antonyms
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praise, please
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Example
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For days we were utterly inconsolable, doing nothing but mope
morning, noon, and night.
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6.
SQUISH (VERB)
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squash
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Synonyms
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crush, mash
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Antonyms
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lose, uncompressed
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Example
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Any dish in my kitchen will benefit from a squish of lemon,
lime, orange or grapefruit, and so I always have them on hand.
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7.
COCKLE (NOUN)
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shell
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Synonyms
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ripple, pucker
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Antonyms
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smoothness, evenness
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Example
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The appearance of cockle Hall was, indeed, as his mother had
very properly informed him, ludicrous in the extreme.
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8.
TAMPER (VERB)
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interfere, alter
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Synonyms
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meddle, tinker
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Antonyms
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improve, remain
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Example
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There was something in the hearts of his people with which he
dare not tamper.
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9.
ACCLIMATE (VERB)
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make or become
adjusted, adapted
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Synonyms
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accustom, accommodate
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Antonyms
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soften
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Example
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They did not have much time to pull their lives together and
acclimate themselves to English culture.
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10.
GROTESQUE (ADJECTIVE)
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ugly, misshapen
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Synonyms
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eerie, absurd
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Antonyms
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familiar, usual
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Example Sentence
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I confess that I had not
up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me
rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous.
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