facade

Day 40Level 1

fuh-SAHD

false appearance

front elevation of building; false appearance or demeanor

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

veneer, frontage

Antonyms:

reality

Example Sentence:

The solar panels on the face of the building were nothing more than a facade.

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pardon

ab-suh-LOO-shuhn

freeing from blame or guilt; release from obligations and consequences

lawlessness

AN-er-kee

state of disorder; state of society without law

expressed tersely

af-uh-RIS-tik

containing aphorisms; expressed tersely

rude

BOOR-ish

unpleasant and rude

bragger

BRAG-ert

a person who does a lot of bragging

breakable

BRIT-l

hard but having little tensile strength; fragile