Grammar Clinic

Meaning: The action of matriculating at a college or university. Example: matriculation requirements.

Meaning: Occurring, operating, or done at the same time. Example: A simultaneous withdrawal of troops. Synonymns: concurrent, happening at the same time, done at the same time, contemporaneous, concomitant, coinciding, coincident, synchronous, synchronized, synchronic Antonynm: asynchronous  

Meaning: A doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one. Example: an Internet site providing access or links to other sites. Synonyms: doorway, gateway, entrance, way in, way out, exit, egress, opening  

Meaning: An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way. Example: his propensity for violence Synonyms: tendency, inclination, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, readiness, susceptibility, liability, disposition

Meaning: A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character. Example: A sweet-natured girl of a placid disposition Synonyms:  nature, character, constitution, make-up, grain, humour, temper, mentality

Meaning: A particular ordered system or arrangement. Example: Our Scheme of work for this term Synonyms: arrangement, system, organization, configuration, pattern, format, layout, disposition;  technicalschema

Meaning: Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc Example: One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine Synonyms: Equal, identical Antonynms: different, dissimilar

Meaning: The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill. Example: The division and specialization of labour  

Meaning: The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one. Example: They drank themselves into oblivion Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction, senselessness, blankness, darkness Antonynms: consciousness, awareness

Meaning: The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant. Example: He is too good a player to slide into obscurity. Synonymns:  insignificance, inconspicuousness, unimportance, anonymity, lack of fame/renown/honour/recognition, non-recognition, ingloriousness, limbo, twilight, oblivion