vanquish

Day 19Level 1

VANG-kwish

conquer

conquer; overpower

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

defeat, overcome, subjugate

Antonyms:

fail, surrender, lose

Example Sentence:

A surgeon from Indiana University School of Medicine is hoping to vanquish breast cancer.

Related Words

assign to source

uh-SKRAHYB

to assign to a source

reversion

AT-uh-viz-uhm

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic in an organism after absence in several generations

waste away

AA-troh-fee

wither from disuse, to waste away

counterfeit

BOH-guhs

counterfeit

person who travels

kuh-MYOO-ter

person who travels regularly

bruise

kuhn-TOO-zhuhn

a bruise, esp. from a blow with blunt instrument