english vocabulary

Cards (21)

  • Antonym: a word that means the opposite of another word.
  • Synonym = a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
  • Homonym = each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.
  • Synonyms are words that have the exact same or similar meaning.
  • Colossal: extremely large or great
  • Cordial: warm and friendly
  • Conspicuous: clearly visible
  • context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood
  • state: the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time
  • prolific: productive, fertile
  • Tranquil: free from disturbance; calm
  • epitome: a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
  • desolate: (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness
  • melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
  • endearing: inspiring affection
  • dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true
  • celestial: positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy
  • liminal: occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
  • resplendent: attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous
  • insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern
  • Orient: to find out where you are located in relation to something