My Vocabulary. by brielle

Luminary

brielyse98 — 2015-09-17 13:09:44 UTC

definition: A person who is widely known.

synonym: superstar

Antonym: has-been

sentence: Jameis Winston is a luminary in the football world.

brielyse98 — 2015-09-17 13:16:27 UTC

definition: producing or seeming to produce light

Synonym: beaming

Antonym: dull

sentence: After shinning their flashlight towards the cat, its luminous eyes startled the children.

brielyse98 — 2015-09-17 13:20:17 UTC

defintion: A situation or event that causes or is the pretext of starting a war or conflict.

Synonym: insult

Antonym: compliment

sentence: In medevial times, throwing down a gauntlet before your enemy was often viewed as a cause belli or insult.

brielyse98 — 2015-09-17 13:26:00 UTC

defintion: existing; before war; especially the american civil war.

synonym: pre war

antonym: pastwar

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

brielyse98 — 2015-09-18 13:37:14 UTC

defintion: angry and aggressive

synonym: confrontational

antonym: uncontentious

sentence: The police officers were forced to arrest the belligerent man.

brielyse98 — 2015-09-18 13:41:55 UTC

definition:in inclined to start quarrels or wars

synonym: combative

antonym: peaceful

sentence: Ron artest was preceived as a bellicose basketball player he was ejected from the game often for fighting.

brielyse98 — 2015-10-04 21:11:21 UTC

definition:to make something clear or easy.

synonym- clarify

antonym-obsure

sentence- to make life easy for his students mr. washington provides intense review sessions to elucidate the complex problems before each text.