Vocabulary Words - 02.02.2016

Vocabulary Words - 02.02.2016
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1. TRIBULATION (NOUN): pain, unhappiness

Synonyms: grief, misfortune

Antonyms: delight, pleasure

Example Sentence:

For those holding these beliefs, the main curb to violent action rests in their understanding of how the tribulation begins.

2. GUILLOTINE (VERB): decapitate

Synonyms: behead, execute Antonyms: create, ignore

Example Sentence:

Maybe the Republicans will attempt to guillotine the federal government by leaving it without major cabinet officials.

3. BUTCHER (NOUN): meat killer, seller

Synonyms: boner, slaughterer Antonyms: meat buyer

Example Sentence:

He dropped out of school and worked as a butcher in a small town and his mother worked as a substitute teacher.

4. MUDDLE-HEADED (ADJECTIVE): confused

Synonyms: abashed, baffled Antonyms: clear up, explicate

Example Sentence:

Why are we all so muddle- headed about the difference between revenge and justice?

5. ROMP (NOUN): fun; caper

Synonyms: lark, rout Antonyms: work, seriousness

Example Sentence:

After a “hot affair” on set, they set off together for a romp around Europe.

6. PROTRUDE (VERB): stick out

Synonyms: bulge, poke Antonyms: contract, shrink

Example Sentence:

The femur occasionally tends to protrude at the wound, and hence may require to be counter-extended by splints.

7. RESPLENDENT (ADJECTIVE): bright, radiant

Synonyms: blazing, glittering Antonyms: ugly, dark

Example Sentence:

The house was deserted, he was certain of that—the melancholy wreckage of a vanished and resplendent time.

8. AMAROIDAL (ADJECTIVE): bitter, sour to taste

Synonyms: pungent, stinging Antonyms: delicious, savory

Example Sentence:

Its sharp white teeth gleamed in the gaping red mouth, and I could feel its hot breath fierce and amaroidal upon me.

9. FRENZIED (ADJECTIVE): uncontrolled

Synonyms: agitated, rabid Antonyms: happy, pleased

Example Sentence:

They lived, and were animated with the frenzied fear of trapped things.

10. SEQUESTER (VERB): isolate, seclude

Synonyms: segregate, secret Antonyms: tell, uncover

Example Sentence:

And the overall funding levels, while better than the sequester, are still awfully low.