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🟢unhoped-for - So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
Synonyms: unthought-of
Usage: It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.
🟢open-eyed - Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
Synonyms: vigilant, wakeful, argus-eyed
Usage: Natasha...got into bed, and long after her candle was out lay open-eyed and motionless, gazing at the moonlight through the frosty windowpanes.
🟢inedible - Not suitable for food.
Synonyms: uneatable
Usage: Though it may look delicious, plastic fruit is inedible and should be used for display only.
🟢umbrageous - Affording or forming shade.
Synonyms: shadowed, shady
Usage: The chief beauty of trees consists in the deep shadow of their umbrageous boughs.
🟢tyrannical - Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
Synonyms: oppressive
Usage: He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be.
🔴ascendancy - The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
Antonyms: weakness, inferiority, subordination, subjection, servility
Usage: Thanks to widespread governmental corruption and instability, the extremists are gaining ascendancy in the region.
🔴curve - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Antonyms: straight line
🔴harmony - an agreeable sound property
Antonyms: dissonance
🔴mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"
Antonyms: venial sin
🔴nondevelopment - failure of normal development to occur
Antonyms: ontogenesis, growing, growth, ontogeny, maturation
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🟢unhoped-for - So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
Synonyms: unthought-of
Usage: It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.
🟢open-eyed - Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
Synonyms: vigilant, wakeful, argus-eyed
Usage: Natasha...got into bed, and long after her candle was out lay open-eyed and motionless, gazing at the moonlight through the frosty windowpanes.
🟢inedible - Not suitable for food.
Synonyms: uneatable
Usage: Though it may look delicious, plastic fruit is inedible and should be used for display only.
🟢umbrageous - Affording or forming shade.
Synonyms: shadowed, shady
Usage: The chief beauty of trees consists in the deep shadow of their umbrageous boughs.
🟢tyrannical - Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
Synonyms: oppressive
Usage: He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be.
🔴ascendancy - The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
Antonyms: weakness, inferiority, subordination, subjection, servility
Usage: Thanks to widespread governmental corruption and instability, the extremists are gaining ascendancy in the region.
🔴curve - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Antonyms: straight line
🔴harmony - an agreeable sound property
Antonyms: dissonance
🔴mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"
Antonyms: venial sin
🔴nondevelopment - failure of normal development to occur
Antonyms: ontogenesis, growing, growth, ontogeny, maturation
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📍[7] "She sings as well as a trained vocalist."
👉🏻The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses the adverb "well" to describe the verb "sings" and the phrase "as well as" to create a comparison, meaning she sings at the same high standard as a trained vocalist.
🔹"As well as": This phrase is used for comparisons to show that two things have the same quality.
🔹"Well": This is an adverb that describes the verb "sings". It indicates how she performs, not the quality of her voice itself (which would be the adjective "good," as in "she has a good voice").
👉🏻The sentence is grammatically correct. It is a proper comparison using the adverb "well" to modify the verb "sings".
🔹"She sings...": The verb "sings" is correctly used here. When comparing actions, you need to use an adverb, which describes how the action is performed.
🔹"...as well as...": This comparative phrase is used to show that two things are equal in quality or degree. It is grammatically correct for comparing skills, and it means "in the same way as" or "to the same extent as".
🔹"...a trained vocalist.": This is the object of the comparison. The phrase indicates the standard by which her singing is being measured.
👉🏻Common error to avoid
A common mistake would be to use the adjective "good" instead of the adverb "well." For example, "She sings as good as a trained vocalist" is incorrect. Since "sings" is an action verb, it must be modified by an adverb ("well"), not an adjective ("good").
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👉🏻The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses the adverb "well" to describe the verb "sings" and the phrase "as well as" to create a comparison, meaning she sings at the same high standard as a trained vocalist.
🔹"As well as": This phrase is used for comparisons to show that two things have the same quality.
🔹"Well": This is an adverb that describes the verb "sings". It indicates how she performs, not the quality of her voice itself (which would be the adjective "good," as in "she has a good voice").
👉🏻The sentence is grammatically correct. It is a proper comparison using the adverb "well" to modify the verb "sings".
🔹"She sings...": The verb "sings" is correctly used here. When comparing actions, you need to use an adverb, which describes how the action is performed.
🔹"...as well as...": This comparative phrase is used to show that two things are equal in quality or degree. It is grammatically correct for comparing skills, and it means "in the same way as" or "to the same extent as".
🔹"...a trained vocalist.": This is the object of the comparison. The phrase indicates the standard by which her singing is being measured.
👉🏻Common error to avoid
A common mistake would be to use the adjective "good" instead of the adverb "well." For example, "She sings as good as a trained vocalist" is incorrect. Since "sings" is an action verb, it must be modified by an adverb ("well"), not an adjective ("good").
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