# Helping daughter with Vocab homework- Need answer fast!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320 "2016-01-26T23:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/1 "2016-01-26T23:58:26Z")

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Okay, the question goes like this…Which word is an ANTONYM for **gloss over** \*\*\*\*…solve, confront, or obscure? I can see arguments for solve and confront. I’m sure I’m overthinking it but it bothers me that I can’t discern a clear answer. What do y’all think, given the choices? Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/2 "2016-01-27T00:08:35Z")

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I’m thinking “confront.”

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**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/3 "2016-01-27T00:16:05Z")

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I agree with with Sid.\* Either would work, but confront seems the MOST opposite.

\*Hope you don’t mind the familiarity 😉

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/4 "2016-01-27T00:20:11Z")

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confront

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/5 "2016-01-27T00:29:18Z")

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OP, we’re not supposed to help with homework. I’m not going to gloss over that issue, I’m going to confront it directly, don’t ask us to do this again.

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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-daughter-with-vocab-homework-need-answer-fast/744320/6 "2016-01-27T01:01:09Z")

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😃

> [@TriPolar](#):
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> OP, we’re not supposed to help with homework. I’m not going to gloss over that issue, I’m going to confront it directly, don’t ask us to do this again.