compliment
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a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
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an expression of approval and commendationtypes:élogea formal expression of praiserecommandationsomething that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirableréférencea formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependabilityflatterieexcessive or insincere praisetype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing compliment
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently (a type of homonym) can be stumbling blocks in comprehension or when trying to communicate something in writing. If you know that there's "peek" "peak" and "pique," which one do you use to describe what your character did at the window? If you use the wrong one, then your character has reached the heights (peak) or is having a fit if anger (pique) by the window. Is that what you mean? Is the character simply looking through that window (peek)? As you can see, all these words sound the same but suggest very different things. Here are 32 vocabulary words that are often confused.
Here are 100 key words for understanding John Steinbeck’s 1937 tragic novel "Of Mice and Men" -- set during the Great Depression in California.
from Act II Scene ii of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Full text is available here.