inculcate

Day 22Level 3

ihn-KUHL-kayt

implant

to implant ideas or principles in somebody's mind, especially by repeating them

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

instill, infix, ingrain

Antonyms:

destroy, ruin

Example Sentence:

She was passionate about the arts and inculcated that passion on her children.

Related Words

insensitive

KAL-uhs

insensitive to others feelings

act of thinking

KOG-ni-tiv

concerned with act of thinking or perceiving

weakness

dih-BIL-i-tee

weakness; incapacity

verbal attack

di-TRAK-shun

the act of belittling the reputation of a person, work etc.

transparent

dy-AF-uh-nus

transparent or gauzy; thin and delecate

small

dih-MIHN-yuh-tihv

small; little; tiny