English 9 Wow

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Stamina

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ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.

synonyms: endurance, resilience, grit

antonyms: cowardice, lethargy, weakness

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Acceptance

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the action of consenting to recieve or undertake something offered.

synonyms: approval, admission, consent

antonyms: denial, disagreement, refusal

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Paraphrase

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to express the meaning of the writer or speaker using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

synonyms: rephrase, restate, reword

antonyms: quote

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Classify

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to arrange a group of people or things in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

synonyms: arrange, organize, distribute

antonyms: combine, disorganize, disorder

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Benevolent

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well meaning and kindly (charitable rather than profit-making).

synonyms: caring, compasionate, humane

antonyms: cruel, hateful, merciless

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Articulate

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(a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

synonyms: coherent, fluent, well-spoken

antonyms: unclear, unintelligible, inarticulate

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Perspective

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a point of view.

synonyms: viewpoint, outlook, mindset

antonyms: blindness, apathy

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Analogy

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a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

synonyms: comparison, correlation, metaphor

antonyms: difference, disimilarity, unlikeness

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Explicit

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stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

synonyms: clear, obvious, straightforward

antonyms: unclear, vauge, indistinct

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Altruistic

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doing something for the good of others and not for yourself; sacraficially.

synonyms: selfless, kind, compassionate

antonyms: uncharitable, unsacraficing, selfish

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Cite

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quoting a passage, book, or author as evidence or justification for an argument or statment.

synonyms: mention, allege, name

antonyms: withold, plagarism, deny

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Infer

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to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning; read between the lines.

synonyms: assume, derive, interpret

antonyms: misconcieve, abstain, misunderstand

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes.

synonyms: meaning, overtone, signifigance

antonyms: denotation

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Selfless

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concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own.

synonyms: altruistic, unselfish, generous

antonyms: mean, stingy, selfish

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Synthesize

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to combine a number of things into a coherent whole.

synonyms: incorporate, harmonize, unify

antonyms: disorganize, divide, disperse

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Tolerance

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the ability or willingness to tolerate something, such as opinions or behavior that you dont necessarily agree with.

synonyms: patience, resilience, stamina

antonyms: weakness, intolerance, lethargy

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Delineate

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to describe or portray something precisely.

synonyms: define, depict, plot

antonyms: confuse, distort

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Tone

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

synonyms: aspect, expression, feel

antonyms: achromatism

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Magnanimous

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very generous or forgiving, especially to a rival or someone less powerful.

synonyms: benevolent, nobel, charitable

antonyms: mean-spirited, selfish, petty