Vocabulary Words - 22.01.2016
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1. OBEISANCE (NOUN): a respectful obedient attitude
Synonyms: bow, curtsy
Antonyms: dishonour, disregard
Example Sentence:
I often open doors for senior citizens as a sign of obeisance.
2. SCATHE (VERB): slam
Synonyms: attack, blister Antonyms: mend, protect
Example Sentence:
He had heard of the sardonic, the cruel humour with which the writer scathed his contemporaries.
3. PONTIFICATE (VERB): sermonize
Synonyms: admonish, dogmatize Antonyms: praise, applaud
Example Sentence:
Benedict may well want to cut short the time available for the cardinals to politick, posture, and pontificate, as it were.
4. STREPITOUS (ADJECTIVE): very loud and unharmonious in sound
Synonyms: rowdy, vociferous Antonyms: calm, restrained
Example Sentence:
An almost too vivacious rendering of the DJ music brought the scheme to a strepitous conclusion.
5. CRUMBLE (VERB): break or fall into pieces
Synonyms: collapse, crush Antonyms: build, improve
Example Sentence:
This is not a documentary for the young to watch, or even for those adults who crumble easily.
6. BROOD (NOUN): cluster of children
Synonyms: offspring, breed Antonyms: parent, child
Example Sentence:
An uncle and his family resided in another house and his aunt and her brood in a third.
7. MOXIE (NOUN): courage
Synonyms: boldness, fortitude Antonyms: timidity, cowardice
Example Sentence:
Accustomed to being a wallflower, Morris admired his friend for having the moxie to
walk up to a girl he didn't know and ask her to dance.
8. SAVANT (NOUN): scholar
Synonyms: intellectual, learn Antonyms: er amateur, ignoramus
Example Sentence:
A comparison reveals that the one author is not a cook while the other is not a savant.
9. MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): gaudy, flashy
Synonyms: garish, loud Antonyms: genuine, real
Example Sentence:
Now that Laura has been revealed to be little more than a collection of notes, the debate seems silly, meretricious.
10. GLIB (ADJECTIVE): slick, smooth-talking
Synonyms: artful, facile Antonyms: stuttering, inarticulate
Example Sentence:
She advises women with similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.
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