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airtight

  • adj. no flaw, I support the airtight arguement.

  • adj. impermeable to air The yogurt in the bottle with an airtight seal tastes good.

awning

n. shelter from the rain or sun Look, Jack stays under the awning outside the Starbucks during the rainstorm.

synonym ceiling, cover, roof, tent

beseeach

  • vt. to beg for urgently or anxiously They besought the millitary to act immediately.

synonym appeal, conjure, entreat, implore, petition, plead, supplicate

antonym demand

bracing

  • adj. giving strength A bracing news from the frontline.

synonym invigorating, rejuvenating, reviving, stimulating

antonym vapid

budge

  • v. to alter a position or attitude It is time for you to budge even you said that nothing could budge him.

  • v.to cease resistance Despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to dbudge from her position.

synonym concede, relent, submit, succumb, surrender

antonym resist

cajole

  • v. wheedle, to urge with gentle and repeat appeals, teasing or flattery. He cajoled her into dating with him.

synonym blandish, blarney, palaver, wheedle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

conjecture

  • n. a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork That news was just a conjecture, not exactly the truth.

synonym speculation, supposition, surmise, theory

antonym fact, axiom

  • v. to decide the amount(etc) without actual measurement Maybe there are 500 books in the bookshelf, eye conjecture.

synonym calculate, estimate, guess, gauge

antonym prove

  • v. to form an opinion from little or no evidence conjecture that this disease is caused by a defective gene

synonmy assume, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose