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scholastic
adj.Stretch
to do with schools, teaching and learning
Similar:
academic
signature
nounCore
your name written in your own special way
Similar:
autograph
Opposite:
absence
simile
nounCore
a phrase that compares one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'
Similar:
comparison
Opposite:
description
sonnet
nounAdvanced
a poem of fourteen lines with a set pattern of rhymes
Similar:
verse
stanza
nounAdvanced
a group of lines forming one section of a poem
Similar:
verse
submit
verbCore
to give in to someone, or to hand something in
Similar:
give in
Opposite:
defy
substantiate
verbStretch
to show with evidence that something is true
Similar:
prove
Opposite:
contradict
symbol
nounCore
a picture, mark or object that stands for something else
Similar:
emblem
Opposite:
fact
symbolism
nounStretch
the use of objects or images to stand for ideas
Similar:
symbols
Opposite:
fact
synonym
nounCore
a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another
Similar:
similar word
Opposite:
antonym

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