undulate
To move in gentle waves, rising and falling.
undulate in a sentence
- The fields of wheat undulated in the breeze like a golden sea.
- Watch the caterpillar undulate along the twig, its body rising and falling in little waves.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to undulate?
- Afreeze
- Bripple
- Cstill
- Dflatten
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B: ripple. The other three mean the opposite of undulate.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to undulate?
- Awave
- Broll
- Cflatten
- Dripple
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C: flatten. The other three mean nearly the same as undulate.
Words that mean something similar
ripple, wave, roll
Words that mean the opposite
flatten, still, freeze
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- usher: To lead or guide someone politely to a place.
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- vanquish: To defeat someone completely in a battle or contest.
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