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Bestow |
To present as an honor; Confer |
The superintendent bestowed a trophy on our coach when our team won the playoff tournament. |
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Devise |
To formulate or come up with; Invent |
Bill Gates devised a way for people to use computers easily. |
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Enamored |
Characterized by unreasoning fondness; Infatuated |
She is totally enamored with celebrities, and their pictures cover her bedroom walls. |
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Ferocity |
Fierceness or turbulence; Violence |
Jada's dog's ferocity is all a bluff, but most people still won't go on her property. |
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Intelligible |
Clear and easy to comprehend; Understandable |
This essay is very intelligible and makes a lot of good points. |
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Representation |
A picture, poem, or other work of art; Portrayal |
Leonardo's representation of "The Last Supper" is readily identifiable by millions of people. |
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Reverenced |
Admired and held in highest esteem; Worshipped |
Most religions have one higher power who is reverenced. |
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Similitude |
Similarity in appearance; Counter-part |
The law of similarity causes us to link objects in our visual fields that bear similitude to one another. |
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Stigma |
A mark of disgrace or shame; Dishonor |
He always lived with the stigma of being the son of a criminal because he was named after his father. |
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Tedious |
Long and boring; Tiresome |
Before we can go out, I have the tedious talk of cleaning up my room. |
