Courage

·         Pluck (Noun)

·         Valor (Noun)

Explanation: Pluck (Verb) means to pull (something) quickly to remove it. For example: - <He was plucking flower>. It has second meaning also. Pluck (Noun) means courage.

PLUCK (Noun)

Meaning: 1) To pull something quickly to remove it

                  2) Courage and determination

Use: She showed pluck in getting up on stage.

VALOR (Noun)

Meaning: Courage or bravery

Use:  Mike demonstrated great valor when he rushed to the burning car and pulled the unconscious driver out after it had crashed into the back end of a big truck.

Genuine

Genuine

·         Authentic (Adj.)

·         Legitimate (Adj.)

·         Veritable (Adj.)

AUTHENTIC (Adj.)

Meaning: Real or genuine

Use:  Authentic was something that had the authority of its original creator.

LEGITIMATE (Adj.)

Meaning: 1) Allowed according to rules or laws.

                  2)Real, accepted

Use: Legitimate means for achieving success.

VERITABLE (Adj.)

Meaning: True or real

Use: The early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion.

Genuineness/ Truth

·         Veracity (Noun)

VERACITY (Noun)

Meaning: 1) Truth or accuracy

                  2) Quality of being truthful or honest

Use: They had to question the veracity of his remarks regarding the accident.

Widespread

·         Pandemic (Adj. & Noun)

·         Epidemic (Adj. & Noun)

Explanation: Pandemic (or Epidemic) (Adj.) means occurring over a wide geographical area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population. Pandemic (or Epidemic) (Noun) means an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly.

PANDEMIC (Adj.)

Meaning: occurring over a wide geographical area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

Use: The pandemic outbreak of flu made it necessary for the medical profession to work hard to contain it.

PANDEMIC (Noun)

Meaning: occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly

Use: The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives.

EPIDEMIC (Adj.)

Meaning: occurring over a wide geographical area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

Use: The epidemic enthusiasm for soccer spread like an pandemic among the fans

EPIDEMIC (Noun)

Meaning: occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly

Use: The doctors were afraid of an epidemic of flu in the schools during the winter.

Unreal

·         Counterfeit (Adj. & Noun)

·         Factitious (Adj.)

COUNTERFEIT (Adj.)

Meaning: Made to look like an exact copy of something in order to trick people

Use: The concert ticket is counterfeit.

COUNTERFEIT (Noun)

Meaning: Something that is made to look like an exact copy of something else in order to trick people

Use: The document turned out to be counterfeits.

FACTITIOUS (Adj.)

Meaning: Not genuine

Use: Brokers have created a factitious demand for stocks.

Inborn/Existing since birth

·         Intrinsic (Adj.)

·         Innate (Adj.)

·         Inherent (Adj.)

·         Congenital (Adj.)

INTRINSIC (Adj.)

Meaning: Occurring as a natural part of something

Use: The intrinsic essence of their friendship could not be described.

INNATE (Adj.)

Meaning: Existing as part of the basic nature of something

Use: Shirley has an innate sense of dancing and is entertaining others in as many performances as she can for practice and public approval.

INHERENT (Adj.)

Meaning: Belonging to the basic nature of someone or something

Use: Tom has an inherent, or deep-rooted, dislike of eating spinach ever since he was a child!

CONGENTIAL (Adj.)

Meaning: Existing since birth

Use: Tommy was diagnosed as being hard of hearing when he was born and this was commented on by the doctors as being a congenital health problem.

To persuade/To influence/To convince

·         Cajole (Verb)

·         Coax (Verb)

·         Wheedle (Verb)

·         Exhort (Verb)

·         Urge (Verb)

·         Woo (Verb)

·         Cogent (Adj.)

Explanation: Cogent (Adj.) means convincing argument.

CAJOLE (Verb)

Meaning: To persuade someone to do something

Use: After praising her brother Jim for his fantastic grade in math, Mary tried to cajole him into doing her next homework assignment in the same subject.

COAX (Verb)

Meaning: To persuade someone to do something

Use: The host tried to coax the author to make a speech after dinner.

WHEEDLE (Verb)

Meaning: To persuade someone to do something

Use: She knows she can wheedle almost anything she wants from her father.

EXHORT (Verb)

Meaning: To strongly urge someone to do something

Use: The coach was exhorting his football team to get a good night's sleep before the game the following day.

URGE (Verb)

Meaning: To try to persuade (someone) in a serious way to do something

Use: She was urged to restrain her eating habits.

WOO (Verb)

Meaning: To attempt to persuade (someone) to buy something from you, work for you etc.

Use: The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.

COGENT (Adj.)

Meaning: Convincing

Use: Sharon presented a cogent argument for raising the prices for the scarce items.

Perfect example

Perfect example

·         Paragon (Noun)

·         Epitome (Noun)

·         Apotheosis (Noun)

·         Paradigm (Noun)

·         Prototype (Noun)

·         Archetype (Noun)

·         Quintessence (Noun)

PARAGON (Noun)

Meaning: Perfect example

Use: Harry was considered by his colleagues to be a paragon of honesty.

EPITOME (Noun)

Meaning: Perfect example

Use: The newspaper reporter wrote an epitome of the destructions that have been caused by the hurricanes in various countries.

APOTHEOSIS (Noun)

Meaning: Perfect example

Use: The apotheosis of a Roman emperor was designed to insure his eternal greatness: people would worship at his altar forever.

PARADIGM (Noun)

Meaning: A model or pattern for something that may be copied

Use: The present campaign is a paradigm of Washington’ s pattern of accusing others of doing what Washington is planning to do or has already done.

PROTOTYPE (Noun)

Meaning: An original or first model of something from which other forms are copied or developed

Use: Ralph is developing a prototype for his new computer application.

ARCHETYPE (Noun)

Meaning: A perfect example of something

Use: Chrissy was an archetype of great singing, which attracted many devoted students to her.

QUINTESSANCE (Noun)

Meaning: The perfect or most typical example

Use: He was the quintessence of political professionalism.

To be a perfect example of something

·         Embody (Verb)

EMBODY

Meaning: To be a symbol or perfect example of (something)

Use: Social hierarchy cannot and does not exist without being embodied in meaning and expressed in communications.