My Vocabulaary by Ashauna Hacker

Bellicose - 9/8/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 12:43:24 UTC

Definition - inclined to start quarrels or wars.

Synonym - hostile

Antonym - peaceable

Sentence - He had a bellicose attitude toward trying to break the deadlock on the Western Front.

Belligerent - 9/9/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 12:49:36 UTC

Defintion - angry and aggressive

Synonym - militant

Antonym - friendly

Sentence - She had him at bay and he was going to pay for his belligerent behavior.

Antetebellum - 9/10/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 12:58:57 UTC

Definition - existing before war; especially the American Civil War

Antonym - postwar

Synonym - prewar

Sentence - Has managed to maintain an antebellum slave household.

Casus Belli - 9/11/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 13:06:18 UTC

Defintion - a situation or event that causes or is the pretext of starting a war or conflict

Antonym - compliment

Synonym - insult

Sentence - Slavery turned out to be a casus belli.

Luminary - 9/15/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 13:13:09 UTC

Definition - a person who is widely know

Synonym - role model

Antonym - nobody

Sentence - Beyonc'e is luminary to this society.

Luminous - 9/16/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 13:17:11 UTC

Definition - producing or seeming to produce light

Antonym - dark

Synonym - radiant

Sentence - Luminous rays undergo when they come in contact with the surface of the Earth.

Elucidate - 9/17/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 13:20:55 UTC

Definition - to make something clear or easy to understand

Synonym - explaain

Antonym - confuse

Sentence - The directions to answer this question was elucidate.

Pellucid - 9/18/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-18 13:25:04 UTC

Definition - very clear Synonym - transparent

Antonym - foggy

Sentence - The pool water was very pellucid

Confidant 9/21/15

ashauna12 — 2015-09-21 12:44:45 UTC

Definition - a trusted friend you can talk to about personal and private things

Synonym - close friend

Antonym - enemy

Sentence - Ashley is my confidant.