Word: Definition:

1. n. A person from whom one is descended.

Ancestor 2. n. An early kind of animal from which later ones have developed; a
forerunner.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Precursor • Youth
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Noun • Forerunner • Junior
• Forefather • Descendant
Verb • Youngster
Adjective

Sentence:
1. My ancestors came from Italy.
2. The dog-sized mesohippus is the ancestor of the modern horse.
Word: Definition:
1. n. A flesh-eating animal.
Carnivore 2. adj. Flesh-eating. [carnivorous]

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Meat-eater • Vegetarian
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Noun • Beast of prey
• Animal of prey
Verb
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. Carnivores have sharp, pointed teeth that enable them to tear the
meat they eat.
2. Although dogs are carnivorous, they will often eat other foods
besides meat.
Word: Definition:
1. v. To understand.
Comprehend 2. n. The act of understanding; the ability to understand. [comprehension]

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Follow • Misunderstand
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Noun • Get • Unlearn
✓ • Grasp learn • Lack
Verb • Soak up • Not get
Adjective

Sentence:
1. If you don't comprehend the question, let me know and I will word it
differently.
2. Pawel cannot speak Spanish very well, but his comprehension is
quite good.
Word: Definition:
1. n. The time during which something lasts or continues.
Duration

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Length • Termination
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Noun • Period • End
• Span • Stopping point
Verb • Run
Adjective

Sentence:
1. We stayed in our house for the duration of the heavy
downpour.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. Easy to see and understand; obvious, clear.
Evident

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Clear-cut • Fuzzy
Noun • Obvious • Hazy
• Definite • Faint
Verb • Straightforward • Imperceptible
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. It is evident from your manner that you are not happy
to see me.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. No longer existing or living.
Extinct 2. adj. No longer active.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Died out • Alive
Noun • Vanished • Existent
• Living
Verb • Extant
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. The giant woolly mammoth became extinct about ten thousand
years ago.
2. Mount Saint Helens was believed to be an extinct volcano until it
suddenly became active in 1980.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. Savage; fierce.
Ferocious 2. n. The state or quality of being fierce. [ferocity]

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Brutal • Civilized
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Noun • Cruel • Educated
• Barbarian • Nice
Verb • Merciless • Refined
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. Doberman pinchers make ferocious guard dogs.
2. The ferocity of the storm surprised us.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. Very large; like a giant in size.
Gigantic

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Huge • Little
Noun • Enormous • Small
• Colossal • Tiny
Verb • Mammoth • Diminuitive
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. The Spruce Goose was a gigantic airplane that made only one flight.
Word: Definition:
1. v. To cover up or keep from being seen.
Obscure 2. adj. Hard to see; hidden.
3. adj. Not easy to understand.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Hidden • Known
Noun • Covered • Clear
✓ • Distant • Concrete
Verb • Inconceivable • Easy
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. Clouds obscured the moon.
2. The boat was an obscure shape in the mist.
3. The poem was full of obscure words like "cough" and "moraine."
Word: Definition:
1. n. Choice, or something that is available as a choice.
Option 2. adj. Left to choice. [optional]

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Choice • Last choice
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Noun • Pick • Dislike
• Selection • Rejection
Verb • Preference • Unwillingness
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. We had the option of practicing soccer during the lunch break
or after school.
2. Bill said we should attend the meeting, but staying for the
party afterward was optional.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. Too early; happening or arriving before the proper time.
Premature

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Soon • Later
Noun • Ahead of time • Past
• Beforehand • Grown
Verb • Preceding • Developed
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. Premature babies require special care before they are allowed
to leave the hospital.
Word: Definition:
1. v. To save; to keep from harm; to protect.
Preserve 2. v. To keep from rotting or spoiling.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Shelter • Hurt
Noun • Protect • Attack
✓ • Defend • Abandon
Verb • Safeguard • Neglect
Adjective

Sentence:
1. This law will help to preserve the old forests in the national parks.
2. Steve and Martha preserve the peaches from their orchard by
canning them.
 Definition:
Word: 1. n. An animal that is hunted for food.
Prey 2. n. One that is helpless or unable to resist attack; a victim.
3. v. 1. To hunt (animals) for food.
4. v. To take from or rob using violence or trickery.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Quarry • Aid
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Noun • Quest • Assist
✓ • Game • Help
Verb • Wild Animals • Protect
Adjective

Sentence:
1. Chickens are the natural prey of foxes.
2. Be alert when you travel so that you will not be prey to thieves.
3. Wolves prey on the weakest deer in the herd.
4. The pickpockets preyed on newly arrived tourists, who were usually
concentrating on their surroundings.
Word: Definition:
1. adj. Weak.
Puny 2. adj. Lacking in size, strength, or power.

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Undersized • Huge
Noun • Small • Significant
• Weak • Mammoth
Verb • Gigantic
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Adjective

Sentence:
1. Lifting weights can change puny muscles into powerful ones.
2. My one dollar offering seemed puny compared to what others gave.
Word: Definition:
1. v. To stay alive where there is a chance of dying or being killed.
Survive 2. v. To continue living or existing through a threatening situation.
3. n. One who stays alive while others die. [survivor]

Part of Speech: Synonyms: Antonyms:

• Sustain • Die
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Noun • Withstand • End
✓ • Exist • Stop
Verb • Remain • Cease
Adverb

Sentence:
1. Only three passengers survived the plane crash.
2. Only two of the eight maple trees in our yard survived the
hurricane.
3. Survivors of the shipwreck floated on life rafts until the helicopter
could pick them up.