What is the part of speech, root, definition, synonym and antonym for the words below?
Incubate
Excursion
Insurgent
Recumbent
Supersede
Obsession
Supercilious
Resurrection
Succumb
Sedimentary
Supernatural
Recurrence
Incubate
- Part of speech: verb
- Root: Latin "incubo" meaning "to lie upon"
- Definition: to sit on or keep warm, especially for the purpose of hatching eggs
- Synonym: hatch
- Antonym: abandon
Excursion
- Part of speech: noun
- Root: Latin "excursio" meaning "a running out"
- Definition: a short journey or trip
- Synonym: outing
- Antonym: stay
Insurgent
- Part of speech: noun/adjective
- Root: Latin "insurgere" meaning "to rise up"
- Definition: a rebel or revolutionary
- Synonym: rebel
- Antonym: loyalist
Recumbent
- Part of speech: adjective
- Root: Latin "recumbere" meaning "to lie down"
- Definition: lying down, reclining
- Synonym: prone
- Antonym: upright
Supersede
- Part of speech: verb
- Root: Latin "supersedere" meaning "to sit above or upon"
- Definition: to replace or take the place of
- Synonym: replace
- Antonym: retain
Obsession
- Part of speech: noun
- Root: Latin "obsidere" meaning "to besiege"
- Definition: a persistent, disturbing preoccupation
- Synonym: fixation
- Antonym: indifference
Supercilious
- Part of speech: adjective
- Root: Latin "super" + "cilium" meaning "above the eyebrow"
- Definition: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
- Synonym: arrogant
- Antonym: humble
Resurrection
- Part of speech: noun
- Root: Latin "resurgere" meaning "to rise again"
- Definition: the act of rising from the dead
- Synonym: revival
- Antonym: death
Succumb
- Part of speech: verb
- Root: Latin "succumbere" meaning "to yield"
- Definition: to give in or yield to pressure or temptation
- Synonym: surrender
- Antonym: resist
Sedimentary
- Part of speech: adjective
- Root: Latin "sedimentum" meaning "that which settles"
- Definition: relating to or formed by the settling of sediment
- Synonym: deposit
- Antonym: crystalline
Supernatural
- Part of speech: adjective
- Root: Latin "super" meaning "above" + "naturalis" meaning "of nature"
- Definition: beyond the laws of nature; pertaining to forces beyond scientific understanding
- Synonym: mystical
- Antonym: natural
Recurrence
- Part of speech: noun
- Root: Latin "recur" meaning to "run back"
- Definition: the act of occurring again or repeatedly
- Synonym: repetition
- Antonym: singular