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Term: Confuse

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1:

To cause someone to feel uncertain or bewildered.

Example sentence: The complicated instructions confused me, and I couldn't figure out how to assemble the furniture.

Sense 2:

To mix up or mistake one thing for another.

Example sentence: The similar-looking twins often confuse their classmates, who sometimes address one by the other's name.

Part of speech: noun

Sense 1:

A state of uncertainty or bewilderment.

Example sentence: The sudden plot twist in the movie left the audience in complete confusion.

Part of speech: adjective

Sense 1:

Describing a situation or person that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

Example sentence: The professor's confusing explanation only added to the students' frustration.

Term: Antonym

Part of speech: noun

Sense 1:

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

Example sentence: "Hot" is the antonym of "cold."

Sense 2:

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of another.

Example sentence: The friendly neighbor was the antonym of the grumpy old man next door.

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