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Insurmountable
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1. INSURMOUNTABLE (ADJECTIVE)
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Too great to overcome
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Synonyms
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Impossible, Invincible
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Antonyms
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Attainable, Defeatable
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Example Sentence
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An insurmountable
obstacle, one that exists in my own heart.
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2. VESTIGE (NOUN)
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A trace or remnant of something that is
disappearing or no longer exists.
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Synonyms
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Indication, Relic
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Antonyms
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Information, Lot
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Example Sentence
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After the huge
fire, only a vestige of the house remained visible among the ashes.
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3. PREPOSTEROUS (ADJECTIVE)
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Contrary to reason or common sense
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Synonyms
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Irrational, Unreasonable
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Antonyms
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Plausible, Logical
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Example Sentence
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The new laws are
preposterous and will not solve the real crime issue.
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4. INVIGORATE (VERB)
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Give strength or energy to.
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Synonyms
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Rejuvenate, Galvanize
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Antonyms
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Discourage, Dissuade
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Example Sentence
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Cold water
invigorates us in summer.
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5. SQUABBLE (NOUN)
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Argument
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Synonyms
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Altercation, Difference
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Antonyms
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Accord, Similarity
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Example Sentence
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There have been
minor squabbles about phone bills.
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6. PURLOIN (VERB)
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Make off with belongings of others
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Synonyms
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Embezzle, Pilfer
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Antonyms
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Give, Offer
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Example Sentence
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During the raid,
a crooked police officer was caught trying to purloin drug money.
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7. INDOCTRINATE (VERB)
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Brainwash
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Synonyms
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Inculcate, Implant
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Antonyms
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Neglect, Forget
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Example Sentence
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They have been
completely indoctrinated
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TANTALIZE (VERB)
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Provoke, Tease
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Synonyms
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Baffle, Entice
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Antonyms
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Please, Disenchant
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Example Sentence
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The expensive
clothes in the shop-window tantalized her.
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9. ENTRAPMENT (NOUN)
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Complication, Predicament
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Synonyms
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Liaison, Imbroglio
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Antonyms
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Calm, Clarity
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Example Sentence
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The class looked
at the master, as if appealing from the irregular entrapment of this mode of
examination.
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10. MALINGER (VERB)
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Evade
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Synonyms
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Fake, Dodge
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Antonyms
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Face, Meet
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Example Sentence
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The lazy student
tried to malinger when it was time to work on his essay
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11. GRAVELY (ADVERB)
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very much; desperately
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Synonyms
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deeply, seriously
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Antonyms
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lightly, calmly
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Example Sentence
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She listened to
her father gravely.
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12. QUACKERY (NOUN)
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charlatanism
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Synonyms
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trickery, deception
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Antonyms
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reality, frankness
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Example Sentence
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The meanest and
most contemptible kind of cheating is quackery.
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13. OUST (VERB)
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expel, get rid of
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Synonyms
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depose, evict
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Antonyms
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offer, retain
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Example Sentence
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The leader of the
party has been ousted by his own party at their annual convention.
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14. SLUMMY (ADJECTIVE)
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(of housing or residential areas) indicative
of poverty
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Synonyms
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damaged, faded
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Antonyms
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stable, repaired
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Example Sentence
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Don't you believe
she has been led away into any slummy place, for the sake of politics.
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15. QUAGGY (ADJECTIVE)
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soft
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Synonyms
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cushiony, spongy
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Antonyms
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hard, rough
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Example Sentence
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Among other
things, he noticed the quaggy nature of the meat he purchased for dinner.
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16. DECREPIT (ADJECTIVE)
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problems caused as a result of age
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Synonyms
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dilapidated, crippled
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Antonyms
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healthy, stable
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Example Sentence
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The owners have
plans to renovate their decrepit hotel.
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17. PILLAGE (VERB)
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loot
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Synonyms
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desecrate, plunder
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Antonyms
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receive, build
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Example Sentence
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Soldiers went on
a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
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18. ELATION (NOUN)
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extreme happiness
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Synonyms
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bliss, ecstasy
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Antonyms
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sorrow, woe
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Example Sentence
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His elation
increased at the sight of the little girl he had saved.
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19. EERILY (ADVERB)
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strangely
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Synonyms
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weirdly, creepily
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Antonyms
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naturally, pleasantly
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Example Sentence
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His eyes glowed
eerily in the dark kitchen.
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20. PRUNE (VERB)
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cut
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Synonyms
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pollard, shear
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Antonyms
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accept, include
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Example Sentence
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The woodcutters
prune trees for timber.
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