My vocabulary by kessiana https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh en-us 2015-09-15 17:03:51 UTC 2025-10-27 16:21:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/notebook.jpg Luminary(noun) kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/70298187 a person who is widely known

Synonym: Famous

Antonym: Nobody

Original Sentence: Beyonce is a luminary in the music industry.

]]> 2015-09-15 17:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/70298187 BELLICOSE (Adjective) kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/70302791 inclined to start quarrels or wars

Synonyms:belligerent
Antonyms: peaceful 
Original sentence: The bellicose Lakers fans were angry after losing a game to get them into the finals]]> 2015-09-15 17:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/70302791 ANTEBELLUM (Adjective)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71013627 Existing before war; especially the American Civil War

Synonyms: N/A
Antonyms: N/A
Original sentence: True to her antebellum ideas, my mom refuses to change her way of cooking
]]> 2015-09-18 16:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71013627 BELLIGERENT (Adjective)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014140 Angry and aggressive

synonyms: rude

Antonyms: Peaceful

Original sentence: The kindergartner got very belligerent with me when she did not get her way.

]]> 2015-09-18 16:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014140 CASUS BELLI  (Noun)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014783 a situation or event that causes or is the pretext of starting a war or conflict

Synonyms: Event

antonyms: N/A

Original sentence;There was much difference of opinion at the Court of the Sultan whether the action of Austria should be treated as a casus belli.

]]> 2015-09-18 17:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014783 LUMINOUS (Adjective)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014940 producing or seeming to produce light

Synonyms: resplendent

Antonyms: dark

Original sentences: The camp across the lake gave of an luminous light in the distance.

]]> 2015-09-18 17:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71014940 ELUCIDATE (Verb)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71015120 to make something clear or easy to understand.

synonyms: explain

antonyms: confuse.

original sentence: N/A

]]> 2015-09-18 17:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71015120 PELLUCID  (Adjective) kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71015279 very clear

Synonyms: crystalline, glass

Antonyms: opaque

Original sentence: a smooth pellucid layer of ice covered my sidewalk.

]]> 2015-09-18 17:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/71015279 CONFIDANT (Noun)   kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73211355 trusted friend you can talk to about personal and private things

Synonyms: best friend

Antonyms enemy

Original sentence

You have to go out and assume the role of friend, or confidant. you gotta be a good friend to recieve a good friend

]]> 2015-10-01 15:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73211355 INFIDELITY (Noun)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73211882 unfaithfulness to a moral obligation

Synonyms:unfaithfulness

Anntoynms: faithful

Orginal sentence

the doctor continued on with his infidelities even after he was caught.

]]> 2015-10-01 15:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73211882 FIDUCIAL (Adjective) kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73213873 founded on faith or trust

Synonym: relationship

Antonym: dishonesty

Original sentence

These lines are our fiducial lines, and all colors. i depend on them

]]> 2015-10-01 15:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73213873 PERFIDY (Noun)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73215313 the act of betraying someone or something

Synonym: traitor

Antonym: teammate

Original sentence:

the perfidy of her husband

]]> 2015-10-01 15:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73215313 AFFIDAVIT  (Noun) kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73215739 a written report which is signed by a person who promises that the information is true

Synonyme: contract

Antonym: n/a

Original sentence

her teacher told  her to write an affidavit with the details of her vacation.

]]> 2015-10-01 15:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73215739 EGESTION (Noun)  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73216186 the process of discharging waste matter from the body

synonym:n/a

ANTONYM:N/A

original sentence:

Is not the same precaution more essential with the receptacles for digestionand egestion ?

]]> 2015-10-01 15:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/73216186 word of the day list kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/75952363 2015-10-16 17:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/75952363 CONGEST (Verb) – kan-jest –  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76254820 to concentrate in a small or narrow space

Synonym:obstruct

Antonym:Unclog

Original Sentence:

my chest was congested with mucus.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76254820 GESTATION (Noun) –je-sta-shen – kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76254943 the time when a person or animal is developing inside its mother before it’s born

Synonyms: gravidity

Antonym: n/a

original sentence: EVERYONE goes threw gestation to be born.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76254943 INGEST (Verb) – in-jest –  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255081 to take (something, such as food)into your body

Synonym: feed

Antonym: abstain

Original sentence: Ingest the cake anna may

]]> 2015-10-19 17:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255081 DECONGESTANT  (Noun) – de-kan-jes-tent– kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255216 medicine that relieves congestion

Synonym: Medication

Antonym: Sick

Original Sentence: Decongestant can get rid of that cough.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255216 COGNOMEN (Noun)  -kag-no-men – kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255404 a person’s last name

Synonym: last name

Antonym: first name

Original Sentence: Jones is her Cognonmen

]]> 2015-10-19 17:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255404 NOMENCLATURE (Noun) – no-men-kla-cher – kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255514 a system of names used to classify

Synonym: Terminology

Antonym: Dis function

Original sentence:Its only nomenclature when organizing my work

]]> 2015-10-19 17:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255514 NOMINATE (Verb) – na-me-nate –  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255619 to choose or name someone as a candidate for a job, position, office, etc.

Synonyms: Propose

Antonyms: Deny

Original Sentence:

I nominate myself to be president.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255619 ANOMIA (Noun) – uh-noh-mee-uh kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255742 the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects

Synonym: nominal aphasia

Antonym: N/A

Original sentence: anomia has an irregularly rounded shell.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255742 MISNOMER  (Noun) – mis-no-mer kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255853 a wrong or unsuitable name to describe something or someone

Synonyms: title

Antonyms: address 

Original sentence:  Jen made a misnomer when calling me.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255853 DYSANIA (Noun)  -dis-ay-nee-uh – kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255996 Difficulty in getting up in the morning.

Synonym: shortness of breath

Antonym: Breath

Original sentence

james goes threw dysania everyday

]]> 2015-10-19 17:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76255996 DYSLOGISTIC (Adjective) – dis-le-jis-tik – kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256150 expressing disapproval

Synonyms: Uncomplimentary

Antonyms: Complementary

Original Sentence:

It has come to be a dyslogistic term, partly because all myths are lies.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256150 DYSTOPIA (Noun) – dis-to-pe-a –  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256433 an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly

Synonym: fiction

Antonym: utopia

Original sentence:

I feel dystopia is more aquirable than a place of perfection or utopia.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256433 DYSLEXIA (Noun) – dis-lek-se-a –  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256542 condition in the brain that makes it hard for a person to read, write, and spell

Synonym: Disorder

Antonym: Proper

Original sentence: 

My cousin was diagnosed with dyslexia last year.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256542 DYSPHAGIA  (Noun) – dis-fey-juh–  kessianapromaphile https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256645 difficulty swallowing

Synonym:Upset, disorder

Antonym: cure

Original sentence:

My sister had progressive dysphagia

]]> 2015-10-19 17:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kessianapromaphile/nf3pz3e9kdqh/wish/76256645