essay

Day 12Level 3

e-SAY

attempt

to try or make an attempt

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

strive, experiment

Antonyms:

neglect

Example Sentence:

Warner said that he was confused about what to choose from the approaches essayed in the book to prove the theorem.

Related Words

active

AJ-uhl

active; quick-moving

reserved

uh-LOOF

reserved, indifferent

hostility

an-TAG-uh-niz-uhm

hostility; strong opposition

traitor

uh-PAHS-tayt

one who abandons a long-held religious or political path; traitor

to attack

uh-SAYL

to attack violently, especially with arguments

drunken

bak-uh-NEYL-yuh

involving large amounts of alcohol ; pertaining to revelry