perpetuate

Day 79Level 2

per-PECH-oo-eyt

keep going

to cause to continue or prevail

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

maintain, preserve

Antonyms:

give up, discontinue, cease

Example Sentence:

When differences are manufactured, exaggerated or irrelevant, the result is to perpetuate inequality.

Related Words

brutal

BES-chuhl

behaving like a beast; brutal

primary

KAHRD-nul

of basic importance; primary

gullibility

kruh-DOO-li-tee

willingness to trust too readily

perceptive

dih-SUR-ning

able to show good judgment about the quality of something

take off

dof

take off (esp. of a clothing)

speak slowly

drawl

to speak slowly with words running together