by Trevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs en-us 2015-09-19 19:22:50 UTC 2015-10-21 17:33:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/crane_yellow.png BELLICOSE whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71309647 demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

Synonym: hostile

Antonym: peaceable

Even though he never won any of the arguments he started, he continued to be belligerent and bellicose.

]]> 2015-09-21 17:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71309647 BELLIGERENT whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71311750 hostile and aggressive.

Synonym: threatening

Antonym: friendly

Susan's father sent the belligerent girl to her room.


]]> 2015-09-21 17:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71311750 ANTEBELLUM whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71313756 occurring or existing before a particular war.

Synonym: prewar

Antonym: postwar

the conventions of the antebellum South

]]> 2015-09-21 17:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71313756 CASUS BELLI whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71315093 an act or situation provoking or justifying war.

Synonym: insult

Antonyms: compliment

Venice made this action a casus belli.

]]> 2015-09-21 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/71315093 LUMINARY whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873173 A person who is widely known.

Synonym: legend

Antonym: nobody

The professor was a luminary in his field, inspiring countless young scientists. 

]]> 2015-10-11 13:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873173 LUMINOUS   whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873427 Producing or seeming to produce light.

Synonym: glowing

Antonym: dark

The luminous dial on his watch amazed everyone.

]]> 2015-10-11 14:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873427 ELUCI whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873658 To make something clear or easy to understand.

Synonym: explain

Antonym: confuse

To make life easy for the students, the math teacher elucidates the complex problems before each test.

]]> 2015-10-11 14:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873658 PELLUCID whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873886 Very clear

Synonym: transparent

Antonym: blurry

Mountains reflected in the pellucid waters.

]]> 2015-10-11 14:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74873886 CONFIDANT whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74875216 A trusted friend you can talk to about your personal and private things.

Synonym: BFF

Antonym: nemesis 

In prison the killer told his confidant,his roommate, about all the murders he had committed.

]]> 2015-10-11 14:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74875216 INFID whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74875919 Unfaithfulness to a moral obligation.

Synonym: disloyalty

Antonym: faithfulness

Her infidelity continued after her marriage.

]]> 2015-10-11 14:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74875919 FEDUCIAL whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74876685 Founded on faith or trust.

Synonym: undoubting

Antonym: skeptical

]]> 2015-10-11 14:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74876685 PERFIDY  whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74880412 The act of betraying someone or something.

Synonym: treachery

Antonym: devotion

He had a poor reputation; more known for acts of perfidy than for anything else.

]]> 2015-10-11 16:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74880412 AFFID whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74880653 A written report which is signed by a person who promises that the information is true.

Synonym: oath

Antonym: lie

Since the witness could not appear in person. He sent an affidavit of his testimony.

]]> 2015-10-11 16:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74880653 EGESTION whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881105 Process of discharging waste matter from the body.

Synonym: poop

Antonym: permit

The most common way for egestion is through defecation

]]> 2015-10-11 16:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881105 CONGEST whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881427 To concentrate in a small or narrow space.

Synonym: clog

Antonym: freedom

Due to the car accident, traffic became very congested

]]> 2015-10-11 16:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881427 GESTATION whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881606 The time when a person or animal is developing inside the mother before it is born.

Synonym: pregnancy

Antonym: decrease

Women have a gestation period of 9 months.

]]> 2015-10-11 16:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881606 INGEST whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881790 To take something into your body. (Such as food)

Synonym: eat

Antonym: repel

When humans ingest something they absorb its nutrients.

]]> 2015-10-11 17:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74881790 DECONGES whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882008 Medicine that relieves congestion.

Synonym: relief

Antonym: virus

The doctor prescribed the lil boy decongestant for his stuffy nose.

]]> 2015-10-11 17:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882008 COGNOMEN whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882467 Persons last name

Synonym: surname

Antonym: middle

The professor asked us to put our cognomen in front of our first name.

]]> 2015-10-11 17:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882467 NOMEN whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882702 A system of names used to classify.

Synonym: designation

Antonym: scattered

]]> 2015-10-11 17:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882702 NOMINATE whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882894 To choose or name someone as candidate for a job, or office,position,etc

Synonym: vote

Antonym: dismiss

The jock hung posters around school so everyone would nominate him for prom king.

]]> 2015-10-11 17:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74882894 ANOMIA whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74883188 Inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.

Synonym: unknowingly

Antonym: knowing

The boy was diagnosed with anomia at the age of 7.

]]> 2015-10-11 17:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74883188 MISNOMER whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74883379 A wrong or unsuitable name to describe something or someone.

Synonym: alias

Antonym: proper name

]]> 2015-10-11 17:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/74883379 DYSANIA whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76253344 Difficulty getting up in the morning.

Synonym:

Antonym: alert

]]> 2015-10-19 17:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76253344 DYSLEXIA whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76255508 Condition in the brain that makes it hard for a person to read, write, and spell.

Synonym: defect

Antonym: fluent

Their son was diagnosed with dyslexia at a very young age.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76255508 DYSTOPIA whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76258731 Imaginary place where people are unhappy and are usually afraid if they are treated unfairly.

Synonym: hell

Antonym: utopia

The sci-fi dystopia of Wardle's works is key to their appeal.

]]> 2015-10-19 17:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76258731 DYSLOGISTIC whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76261714 Expressing disapproval

SYnonym: uncomplimentry

Antonym: happiness

The blogger used many dyslogistic adjectives to express his dissatisfaction with the president

]]> 2015-10-19 17:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76261714 DYSPHAGIA  whotrevon https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76264454 Difficulty swallowing

synonym:

antonym:

]]> 2015-10-19 17:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/whotrevon/vvpy9f30gvcs/wish/76264454