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Adjective
Example: “The incumbent president won the election.”
Synonyms: current, officeholder
Antonyms: challenger
Verb
Example: “We should allot more time for research.”
Synonyms: assign, allocate
Antonyms: withhold
Noun
Example: “The official answered the question.”
Synonyms: officer, authority
Antonyms: private citizen
Example: “Television is a form of entertainment.”
Synonyms: fun, amusement
Antonyms: work
Example: “The room has new furniture.”
Synonyms: chairs and tables, household items
Antonyms: empty room
Example: “Wash your hands.”
Synonyms: palm
Antonyms: foot
Example: “I buy food at the supermarket.”
Synonyms: market, store
Antonyms: home
Example: “The bottle is full of water.”
Example: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”
Synonyms: transfer, payment sent
Antonyms: debt, withholding
Example: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”
Synonyms: absorbing, captivating
Antonyms: boring, dull
Example: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”
Synonyms: owner, holder
Antonyms: loser, borrower
Example: “He hurt his jaw while playing sports.”
Synonyms: mouth bone
Antonyms:
Example: “Use this clip to hold the papers together.”
Synonyms: fastener, cut
Antonyms: separate
Example: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”
Synonyms: home life, household life
Antonyms: adventure, public life
Example: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”
Synonyms: circulate, spread
Antonyms: suppress, withhold
Example: “Save the file in the blue folder.”
Synonyms: directory, file holder
Antonyms: loose file
Determiner
Example: “The room can hold sixty people.”
Synonyms: 60
Example: “Can you catch the ball?”
Synonyms: grab
Antonyms: miss
Example: “His preoccupation with details delayed the decision.”
Synonyms: obsession
Antonyms: detachment
Example: “It took me a while to grasp the main idea.”
Synonyms: understand
Example: “Breathe slowly.”
Synonyms: take air
Antonyms: hold breath
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
Example: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”
Synonyms: palter, equivocate, tergiversate
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
Example: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”
Synonyms: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate
/ˈθreʃhoʊld/
Example: “We passed the profitability threshold.”
Synonyms: verge, limen, brink
/kəˈpæsəti/
Example: “The hall has a capacity of 500 people.”
Synonyms: content, capability, capacitance
Antonyms: incapacity
/ˈkæri/
Example: “Can you carry this bag?”
Synonyms: convey, conduct, hold
/ˈtɪkɪt/
Example: “Where can I buy a ticket?”
Synonyms: fine
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