Week 2 Flashcards
FIGURE OF SPEECH: auspicious
Adjective
DEFINE: auspicious
Conductive to success
SYN: auspicious
Favorable
ANT: auspicious
Unpromising
DEFINE: belie
To tell lies about
FIGURE OF SPEECH: belie
To tell lies about
SYN: belie
Slander, defame
ANT: belie
Attest, prove
DEFINE: bellicose
Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
FIGURE OF SPEECH: bellicose
Adjective
SYN: bellicose
Aggressive, hostile, warlike
ANT: bellicose
Calm, easygoing, passive
DEFINE: bowdlerize
Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text or account, especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective
FIGURE OF SPEECH: bowdlerize
Verb
SYN: bowdlerize
Censor, expurgate, edit
ANT: bowdlerize
Approve, authorize, sanction
DEFINE: chicanery
Deception by trickery
FIGURE OF SPEECH: chicanery
Noun
SYN: chicanery
Trick
ANT: chicanery
Honesty, truthfulness