| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, conform |
| Synonyms: | accord, be connected, be consistent, check, check out, comport, conform, correspond, dovetail, fit in, go, hang together, harmonize, hold, hold water, make sense, relate, square |
| Notes: | only things of a different nature can adhere; cohere is for things of the same kind that stick together and form a whole |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dispute, not conform |
| Main Entry: | corroborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back up information, story |
| Synonyms: | approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, check on, check out, check up, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, give nod, justify, okay, prove, ratify, rubber-stamp, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify |
| Notes: | corroborate is used in a narrower context, usually by way of providing support for testimony in a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend support to a much wider array of things |
| Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, refute, reject |
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
| Synonyms: | buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cease, check out*, cool off, croak, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, succumb |
| Notes: | decease is the event of dying or departure from life; disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal and harmful functioning |
| Antonyms: | be born, bear |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
| Synonyms: | abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | dovetail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | link, fit together |
| Synonyms: | accord, agree, check out, coincide, conform, correspond, go, harmonize, interlock, jibe, join, match, mortise, square, sync, sync up, tally, tenon, unite |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | evaluate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, figure out, fiture, gauge, grade, guesstimate, look over, peg, price out, rank, rate, read, reckon, set at, size, size up, survey, take account of, take measure, valuate, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, audit, canvass, case, check, check out, chew over, consider, criticize, delve into, dig into, explore, eye*, finger*, frisk, go into, go over, go through, gun*, inquire, inspect, investigate, look over, look see, parse, pat down, peruse, pick at, ponder, pore over, probe, prospect, prove, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, screen, scrutinate, scrutinize, search into, sift, size up, study, survey, sweep, take stock of, try, turn over, vet, view, weigh, winnow |
| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | check out, consider, contemplate, eyeball, gape, give the eye, glance at, have a look, inspect, keep eagle eye on, leer, look at, ogle, peruse, regard, rubberneck, scan, size up, stare at, study, survey, take a look, take in, view, watch |
| Antonyms: | look away |
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
| Synonyms: | accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get together, get with it, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, put on to, school, season, tip off, train, use, wont |