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Unerring

Unerring. Without mistakes Adjective Noun: error Verb: err Related words: aberrant, erratic, erroneous Sample sentences: With unerring instinct the migratory birds find their way home. His writing showed no errors in capitalization or punctuation.

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Unerring

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  1. Unerring • Without mistakes • Adjective • Noun: error • Verb: err • Related words: aberrant, erratic, erroneous • Sample sentences: • With unerring instinct the migratory birds find their way home. • His writing showed no errors in capitalization or punctuation. • He erred when he said the earth was flat.. (Hint: An unerring arrow hits the target.) 106

  2. digress • To move from the main topic, go off on a tangent • Verb • noun: digression • Sample sentences: • It was easy to get the teacher to digress. • Sometimes a digression leads to real insight. (Remember:) 106

  3. Verb: To place side by side • Noun: juxtaposition • Related words: superimpose • Sample sentences: • Juxtaposing the two essays made it easy to see their similarities. (Hint: Just pose them together.) 108

  4. Magnanimous • Generous, forgiving • Adjective • Noun: magnanimity • Sample sentences: • In a magnanimous gesture, the CEO gave up his bonus rather than lay off workers. • With great magnanimity, the shop owner declined to press charges when the shoplifters were caught. (Hint: Magnificent generosity.) 109

  5. Delude • To deceive or mislead • Verb • Noun: delusion • Adjective: delusional • Related words: illusion, interlude, allude, collusion, prelude, ludicrous • Sample sentences: • He could not delude her; she saw his wedding ring. • A person who suffers from delusions is said to be delusional. (Latin ludere is “to play” and ludum is “game.” ) 95

  6. Inept • Adjective: Clumsy, bungling • Opposite: adept • Related words: adaptation, aptitude • Latin aptare, “to fit” and aptus, “fit” • Sample sentences: • His inept attempt to ride a bike ended in disaster. Hint: An ape is inept. 111

  7. Stymie • To block or get in the way • verb • Sample sentences: • Her desire to sing was stymied by her weak voice. (Hint:tie me so I can’t move forward) 112

  8. Negate • Verb: To make ineffective or deny • Adjective: negative • Noun: negation • Related words: abnegation, negligible, renegade, renege (Latin verb negare, “to say no”) • Sample sentences: • His umbrella negated the need for a hat. • His positive qualities far outweigh the negatives. 113

  9. Blithe • Carefree, cheerful • Adjective • Sample sentences: • Hail to thee, blithe spirit! • She spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation. (Hint: Blithe = Be LighT Hearted) 114

  10. Authoritarian • Like a dictator • Adjective, noun • Sample sentences: • Tyrannical rulers throughout history have believed in authoritarian control of their citizens. • Stalin was a strict authoritarian. (Synonyms: dictator, tyrant, despot) 115

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