Vocabulary
Goad
POS: Verb
Description: to roost or to provoke something
Related Words: prod, stimulate, and drive
Sentence: My mother called to wake me up but had to come down and goad me until I was awake.
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Capricious
POS: Adjective
Description: to change in the foreseeable future
Related Words: unpredictable, variable, and changeable
Sentence: The sailors used to say that the sea was like a woman, capricious and dangerous.
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Obviate
POS: Verb
Description: to see something bad coming and avoiding it
Related Words: preclude, steer clear of, and anticipate
Sentence: Little red riding hood saw the wolf coming but didn’t obviate.
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Malady
POS: Noun
Description: a sickness in a person
Related Words: virus, disease, condition
Sentence: The malady was beyond help from the doctors.
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Felicity
POS: Noun
Description: to be full of joy, in high spirits
Related Words: delight, gladness, cheerful
Sentence: Dory was felicitous sort of character.
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Bethann,
You've got to identify your related words as synonyms, antonyms, or etymology! (-5)
"Obviate" means to avoid by anticipating something...You can obviate the risk of injury in an accident by wearing you seatbelt.... (-1)
19/30 until I see pictures.
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