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Scorching
- scorch·ing
- Part of Speech: adjective
- Own: something hot
- Dictionary: burning; very hot
- Antonym: frozen
- Synonym: scornful; nasty
The scorching water burned me.
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Envious
- en·vi·ous
- Part of Speech: adjective
- Own: feeling envy; wishful
- Dictionary: the experience of envy; resentful
- Antonym: content; confident
- Synonym: jealous; yearning
I was envious of my cat when I saw her sleeping before I went to school.
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Slump
- slump
- Part of Speech: verb / noun
- Own:
- verb - to slide or slip
- noun - bad period of time
- Dictionary:
- verb - to drop or fall suddenly
- noun - a decline or collapse in business
- Antonym: boon; increase
- Synonym: descent; recession
I slumped down the huge, dangerous slump, and it really hurt.
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Mingle
- min·gle
- Part of Speech: verb
- Own: to join or put together in a mixture
- Dictionary: to mix or combine together; to unite
- Antonym: disjoin
- Synonym: mix; merge
The rich man mingled with all the female guests.
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Ancient
- an·cient
- Part of Speech: adjective
- Own: something very old
- Dictionary: of a long time ago; very old
- Antonym: modern; new
- Synonym: antequated; antique
In 30 years, will they call "Oldies" Ancient?
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Exertion
- ex·er·tion
- Part of Speech: noun
- Own: an effort or hard work
- Dictionary: use influence or power
- Antonym: idleness; laziness
- Synonym: apply; labor; stretch
The exertion from lugging around my backpack was enough to make me faint.
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Gingerly
- gin·ger·ly
- Part of Speech: adjective
- Own: in a cautious way; carefully
- Dictionary: with great caution or care
- Antonym: careless; rash
- Synonym: delicate, safe
My mom gingerly removed all the knots in my hair.
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Culture
- cul·ture
- Part of Speech: noun
- Own: the quality in a person or society
- Dictionary: the characteristics of a society
- Antonym:
- Synonym: customs; manners
American culture is very different and diverse compared to anywhere else.
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Civilization
- civ·i·li·za·tion
- Part of Speech: noun
- Own: any type of culture or society
- Dictionary: the state of being or becoming civilized
- Antonym: barbarism; primitiveness
- Synonym: sophistication; refinement
My brother told me that the first civilization was Mesopotamia.
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Dissolve
- dis·solve
- Part of Speech: verb
- Own: melt from solid to liquid; mix in; to undo or break up
- Dictionary: to make a solution of; mixing with a liquid
- Antonym: concentrate; unmix
- Synonym: liquefy; soften; evaporate
I saw the Mentos dissolve into the Pepsi just before it exploded.
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Solvent
- sol·vent
- Part of Speech: adjective / noun
- Own:
- a - able to pay all your debts
- n - able to dissolve another substance
- Dictionary:
- a - having enough to pay all debts
- n - a substance dissolved in another
- Antonym: solute
- Synonym: solid; stable
In a salt water solution, water is the solvent.
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Solute
- sol·ute
- Part of Speech: noun
- Own: a substance dissolved in another substance
- Dictionary: the substance dissolved in a given solution
- Antonym: solvent
- Synonym:
In a cup of chocolate milk, the syrup is the solute.
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Element
- el·e·ment
- Part of Speech: noun
- Own:
- Dictionary: matter that is made of only one kind of atom
- Antonym:
- Synonym: component; ingredient
Water, one of the four elements, is made up of two elements!
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Compound
- com·pound
- Part of Speech: noun / verb
- Own:
- n - chemical change made up of two or more parts or elements
- v - to combine; to make up
- Dictionary:
- n - a substance made of two or more elements
- v - make difficult; complicate
- Antonym:
- Synonym: combo; fusion
Salt is a compound of Sodium and Chlorine.
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