juxtapose
Day 63Level 2JUHK-stuh-pohz
place side by side
to put people or things together especially for comparison
Part of Speech: verb
Example Sentence:
Cartoonists frequently juxtapose a tragic situation with a politician's own words and policies.
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bolster
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BOHL-stuhr
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kuhn-TIG-yoo-uhs
adjacent; touching; abutting
discourse
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DIS-kawrs
conversation, speech, dissertation
doctrinaire
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dahk-truh-NAYR
strictly devoted to theories in all circumstances, even if there are practical problems
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