Word Of The Day by tadhjae https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp en-us 2015-09-18 17:59:01 UTC 2025-10-08 13:21:27 UTC hello@padlet.com BELLICOSE tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71032443

(Adjective) – be-li-kos – inclined to start quarrels or wars

Synonym-aggressive ,  Antonym-peaceable

a group of bellicose patriots"

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(Adjective) – be-li-je-rent – angry and aggressive

Synonym-hostile

Antonym-friendly

a bull-necked, belligerent old man

]]> 2015-09-18 18:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71034003 ANTEBELLUM tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71034887 (Adjective) – an-ti-be-lem – existing before war; especially the American Civil War

Synonym-prewar
Antonym-postwar

The antebellum period in America was a time of conflict because the nation was divided by the issue of slavery. 


]]> 2015-09-18 18:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71034887 CASUS BELLI   tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71035781 (Noun) – kay suhs bel igh– a situation or event that causes or is the pretext of starting a war or conflict

Synonym-insult

Antonym-compliment

In Medieval times, throwing down a gauntlet before your enemy was often viewed as casus belli or insult.

]]> 2015-09-18 18:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71035781 LUMINARY tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71036825

(Noun)  -lu-me-ner-e – a person who is widely known  

Synonym-celebrity

Antonym-not famous one of the luminaries of child psychiatry

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(Adjective) – lu-me-nas – producing or seeming to produce light

synonym-bright

Antonym-dark

"the luminous dial on his watch

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(Verb) – i-lu-se-date– to make something clear or easy to understand

synonym-explain

antonym- confuse

work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter

]]> 2015-09-18 18:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71038477 PELLUCID tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71039396 (Adjective) – pa-lu-sed– very clear

synonym-limpid

antonym-cloudy

mountains reflected in the pellucid waters

]]> 2015-09-18 18:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/71039396 Gestation tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/73229427 the time when a person or animal is developing inside its mother before it’s born

synonym-development

antonym-decrease

In the season of love, and during theperiod of gestation, they are met withonly in pairs—a male and female.

]]> 2015-10-01 15:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/73229427 INGEST tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/73230741 medicine that relieves congestion

synonynm-swallow Antonym-build The skink of course lacks the ophidiancapacity to ingest relatively enormousobjects.]]> 2015-10-01 15:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/73230741 DECONGESTANT tadhjae46 https://padlet.com/tadhjae46/hcpncngrfuqp/wish/76533551 A decongestant is a type of pharmaceutical drug that is used to relieve nasal congestion in the upper respiratory tract

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