Vocabulary Words - 28.01.2016

Vocabulary Words - 28.01.2016
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1. GRADIENT (NOUN): slope

Synonyms: declivity, leaning

Antonyms: upgrade, evenness

Example Sentence:

He found the gradient nearly uniform for heights up to 30 to 40 metres above the ground.

2. PROPULSION (NOUN): force

Synonyms: drive, effort Antonyms: ease, inactivity

Example Sentence:

It certainly cannot sail under its own power, as 80 percent of the electricity generated on board is used for propulsion.

3. SLEW (NOUN): moving down; lowering

Synonyms: plunge, slide Antonyms: increase, level

Example Sentence:

Another occupant of that vehicle was arrested that day on drug possession and a slew of outstanding warrants.

4. EGRESS (NOUN): passage out

Synonyms: departure, doorway Antonyms: arrival, entrance

Example Sentence:

Here a heavy door barred the egress from the house, and before this she stopped.

5. EXCOGITATE (VERB): think about seriously

Synonyms: consider, contemplate Antonyms: disregard, neglect

Example Sentence:

Here the little thinker is not often left to excogitate a theory for himself.

6. EXTRAVAGANZA (NOUN): spectacle

Synonyms: pageant, show Antonyms: hiding, reality

Example Sentence:

Other than the man accepting the nomination, he will be the unquestioned star of the extravaganza.

7. BLAHS (NOUN): low spirits; despair

Synonyms: abasement, dreariness Antonyms: liveliness, pleasure

Example Sentence:

Soaring obesity rates are causing pets terrible problems, heart disease, diabetes, the blahs.

8. DISORIENT (VERB): confuse

Synonyms: baffle, bewildered Antonyms: explain, clarify

Example Sentence:

All this artful excess seems intended to disorient and disinhibit guests descending from the busy theater district above.

9. DISQUISITION (NOUN): discourse

Synonyms: commentary, exposition Antonyms: quiet, silence

Example Sentence:

This is hardly the place for a disquisition upon African Latin.

10. ENSNARE (VERB): trap

Synonyms: embroil, entangle Antonyms: free, liberate

Example Sentence:

Instead, cops monitor such sites to ensnare workers and their clients.