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Spell Bee Word: complicate


Basic Details

Word: Complicate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To make something harder to understand or to do.

Synonyms: confuse, muddle

Antonyms: simplify, ease

How to Spell Complicate

Syllables: com - pli - cate

Tricky part: The middle is pli, not ple, and the end is cate. Complecate is the usual mistake.

Watch out for: complecate, complicait, complikate

Memory tip: Duplicate and complicate share the tail plicate: swap the du of duplicate for com.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Please do not complicate the plan by adding more stops.

Example 2: Heavy rain complicated the rescue work.

Example 3: Too many rules can complicate a simple game.

Fun Fact

Complicate comes from the Latin complicare, to fold together, so a complicated problem is one folded up in many layers.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: complicate

a) muddle
b) confuse
c) simplify
d) tangle

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c) simplify. To simplify is to make something easier.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) eliminate
b) accumulate
c) complecate
d) dedicate

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c) complecate. The middle of complicate is pli.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

metaclipco

a) complete
b) complacent
c) compilation
d) complicate

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d) complicate. Complacent has an n and complete has two e's; ten letters with one e give complicate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you complicate a task, you make it ____.

a) easier
b) shorter
c) cheaper
d) harder

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d) harder

2. Which word means made difficult?

a) complimented
b) completed
c) competed
d) complicated

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d) complicated

Associated Words

respectgenerationconcedeintrinsicviolent
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