✅ Good and acceptable both describe things that are satisfactory (a good sandwich; an acceptable performance).

✅ Good suggests something that is positive overall, but could be improved to become great (It was overall a good essay).

✅ Acceptable describes something that meets the minimum expectation, and, generally, needs improving (The hotel room was acceptable, though dated).

✅ Acceptable is sometimes used as a kinder or more polite way to describe something as somewhat unsatisfactory (The coffee was…acceptable).

We hope these synonyms will be at least acceptable!

✅ Disguise means to change your appearance in order to conceal your identity. It can also mean to cover something up by misrepresenting it—essentially, by making it look different than it really is (I disguised the spill by covering it with a rug; I disguised myself with a big hat and fake mustache).

✅ Dissemble means to give a misleading impression of something, or to conceal the truth of it (He dissembled about his motive in taking the job).

✅ Disguise is used more often, and generally suggests a focus on appearances, either your own or that of something else (I disguised the oddly-shaped cake with frosting).

✅ Dissemble often suggests a focus on language—using language and speech in such a way as to hide the truth (She was known to dissemble about business practices when interviewed by the media).

Write about a classmate or friend who likes to dissemble with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Envision means to picture something in your mind, especially a future event (He spent the day envisioning his ideal wedding).

✅ Visualize means to picture something in your mind, often in great detail (visualize a pink elephant).

✅ Envision and visualize have very similar meanings. But visualize can be used to refer to any kind of mental picture of something (I visualize my goals to keep me focused at work).

✅ Envision generally, but not always, implies an element of realism or a likelihood that the envisioned event will occur (I couldn’t envision the conversation going well).

Try visualizing an event that happened to you, and then write about it with the help of Grammar Coach.