eulogy

Day 41Level 1

YOO-luh-jee

tribute

a speech honoring the dead ; high praise

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

tribute, adulation

Antonyms:

criticism, calumny

Example Sentence:

While delivering a eulogy at his father's funeral Peter was unable to hold back his tears and wept.

Related Words

contamination

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

making impure in quality; contamination

leniency

KLEH-muhn-see

merciful leniency

aware

KOG-nuh-zuhnt

being fully informed or aware of

quarrelsome

kun-TEN-shuhs

causing argument; quarrelsome

cranky person

kuhr-MUH-juhn

a cranky, bad-tempered person

to depict

dih-LIN-ee-eyt

to describe or explain something in detail