1. WORD
Abdominous
MEANING
Have a large belly
PART OF SPEECH
Noun
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
-ub'do'-mi-nus
ANTONYM/SYNONYM
Paunchy, Potbellied
EXAMPLE OF WORD
“The doctor, abdominous and optimistic, smiled at us”
2. WORD
Recapitulate
MEANING
Summarize briefly
PART OF SPEECH
Noun
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
-Ree-ku'pi-chu,leyt
ANTONYM/SYNONYM
-recap, repeat
EXAMPLE OF WORD
“Let's recapitulate the main ideas”
3. WORD
Recrudesce
MEANING
Outbreak of trouble or a disease after a period of quiet.
PART OF SPEECH
Noun, adjective
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
Ree-kroo'des
SYNONYMS/ANTONYM
Break, break out, develop
EXAMPLE OF WORD
“These political movements recrudesce from time to time”
4. WORD
Magniloquent
MEANING
(of speech) excessively grand, literary, and pompous
PART OF SPEECH
Adjective
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
-Mag,ni-lu-kwunt
SYNONYMS/ANTONYM
Grandiloquent, tall
EXAMPLE OF WORD
“He engages in so much magniloquent talk, on one ever realizes what he is saying”
5. WORD
Miscegenation
MEANING
Interbreeding of races, esp where differences of colours are involved
PART OF SPEECH
Verb
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
-Mi-si-ju'ney-shun
SYNONYM/ANTONYM
Crossbreeding, interbreeding
EXAMPLE OF WORD
“In the USA, there used to be laws against miscegenation”
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