10 words


Ahmed Alrefaei

18-May-17

R/V

1- Word: Dangle

Synonym: Relax.

Part of Speech: Verb

Sentence: The rope dangled from a tree.

Collocation: No collocation.

2- Word: Succumb.

Synonym: to give way to superior force

Part of Speech: Verb.

Sentence: my friend succumbs to my idea which is to eat outside.

Collocation: Prep: Succumb to.

3- Word: wrinkle

Synonym: a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sentence: I use an iron to remove the wrinkle mark in my t-shirt.

Collocation: No collocation.

4- Word: Tentative

Synonym: temporary.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sentence: The teacher gave us tentative homework.

Collocation: No collocation 

5- Word: Leash

Synonym: a chain, strap controlling or leading a dog or other animal.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: Animals’ leash can be very important so that animals cannot attack the people.

Collocation: no collocation.

6- Word: Extraneous.

Synonym: not belonging, strange.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sentence: The way how our president talks is extraneous. He said something does not answer the people’s demand.

Collocation: No collocation.

7- Word: Intrepid.

Synonym: fearless, very brave

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sentence: Ismael considers himself as an intrepid guy because he told me one day he would jump without parachute but I believe he is just idiot.

Collocation: No collocation.

8- Word: Haughty.

Synonym: arrogant.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Haughty people are rarely get friends because no one like their attitude.

Collocation: No collocation.

9- Word: Opaque.

Synonym: not able to be seen through or ambiguous.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sentence: The answer of the test is opaque because our book does not have the answer.  

Collocation: no collocation.

10- Word: loafer.

Synonym: Lazy person.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sentence: The loafer person always finds an excuse for his laziness

 

Comments

  1. Language TrainerMay 19, 2017 at 9:04 AM

    Good work but here are better synonyms: dangle=hang; tentative=hesitant; and extraneous=extra. 10/10

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