Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Abrogate revoke Formally Abolish, renage approve, The judge would

permit not abrogate the
law
Acerbic (especially of a sharp, sarcastic, mild, kind, "his acerbic wit"
comment or sardonic sweet
style of speaking)
sharp and
forthright.
Acrimony bitterness or ill ill feeling, ill will, goodwill "the AGM
feeling. bad blood, dissolved into
animosity, acrimony"
hostility, enmity
Adduce affirm cite, prove, show hide We could
adduce many
instances to
corroborate this
assertion
Admonish Warn apprise, tip off, praise, permit, The rule to
alert laud admonish was a
wise one, and
was adopted to
that end.
Aesthetic Concerned with Beautiful ,Artistic Ugly , The pictures
beauty or the Unattractive give great
appreciation of aesthetic
beauty pleasure.
Afflicting Cause or annoy, rack, Aid, delight All sorts of
become hurt grieve irregularities
and violation of
regulations
seem to afflict
the system.
Allure Appeal attraction, charm, repulsion The allure of the
glamor stage drew him
back to acting.
Alms Money or goods dole, donation, hindrance, She stopped,
contributed to assistance injury gave him an
the poor alms and then
continued on
her way.
Altercation Noisy quarrel, a wrangle, concord, He got into an
loud argument or embroilment, harmony, altercation with
disagreement rumble peace his partner.
Amiss Away from the untoward, proper, Miss Bennet
correct or haywire, awry suitable, good would not play
expected course at all amiss if
she practised
more
Antagonise Cause Problem Anger, offend Aid, make It is death to
happy those who
antagonize it,
and it is death to
them that
uphold it.
Apostate Traitor Backslider, adherent, after fifty years
defector, deserter loyalist, as an apostate
faithful he returned to
the faith
Astound Shock or greatly Stun, Stagger Bore, Annoy Her bluntness
surprise astounded him
Atrocious Shockingly brutal outrageous; magnificent, Murder is an
or cruel condemned, inoffensive, atrocious crime
scandalous wonderful
Attenuate Reduced in constrict, cripple, amplify, The attenuate
strength enfeeble intensify, tones of an old
stretch recording
Attuned adjust accommodate, disagree, You will
accustom, refuse understand the
accord accent better as
your ears
become more
attuned.
Augur Predictor harbinger, herald recite, Ancient Roman
recount, augurs who
predicted the
future by
reading the
flight of birds
Avowedly allegedly accepted, professedly, party's avowed
admitted, purportedly, aim was to
professed supposedly struggle against
capitalist
exploitation.
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Bb

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Banal so lacking in trite, original " He just sat there
originality as to hackneyed, making banal
be obvious and clichéd remarks all
boring. evening"
Banter the playful and wisecracks, - "there was much
friendly crosstalk, good-natured
exchange of wordplay; banter"
teasing More
remarks.
Bemused Absent minded distracted, bored, existing As distant and
absorbed bemused as a
professor listening
to the prattling of
his freshman class
Bequest Something given Endowment, Divest, disown, The fullness of
in will devisal dispossess delight in a garden
is the bequest of a
childhood spent in
a garden.
Besotted Very Drunk Buzzed, drunk Sober, straight I had travelling
money and got
besotted in the bar
downstairs
Bigotry Intolerance bias, injustice, fairness, There's a thousand
unfairness impartiality years of prejudice
and bigotry
concentrated in
you.
Blithe Happy Carefree, depressed, She had a blithe
jaunty, joyful worried, sad disregard of
cultures outside the
United States.
Boisterous Noisy and vociferate, subdued, He has a dozen
lacking in clamorous, solemn, brothers, each of
restraint or uproarious moderate which are as
discipline boisterous and
 rather dim-witted
as the next
Brazenly honestly, in an publically, incompletely, But comparatively
obvious way, candidly secretly few realize how
with no effort to great were the
hide something fears, and how
brazenly the
prophecies were
spoken.
Brouhaha uproar, a lot of fracas, to-do peace There was a big
noise or angry brouhaha when the
complaining town council
about decided to close
something the park.
Buoyed make light Bolster, Cheer Bring Down The life vest buoyed
him up
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Cc

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Cachet An indication of prestige, anonymity, analogy, People want to
approved or stature, infiltrate go to see
superior status design events which
have the
cachet of being
broadcast.
Captivate Attract, beguile, Offend, pain, With her
enchant gratify, draw depress beauty and
charm, she
captivated film
audiences
everywhere.
Churlish crude rude, happy, nice, refined His is no
uncivilised churlish spirit
to turn away
from the good
things kind
Heaven has
provided for
man.
Cohort partner in companion, enemy, foe, The cohort on
activity comrade, opponent duty was
disciple drawn up
under arms at
the palace
gates
Colloquy A conversation parley, quiet, silence They could
especially a conference, scarcely have
formal one clambake spoken a
hundred words
before their
colloquy was
at an end.
Colossal very large Enormous, Little, miniscule The Frankish
immense chief who
stood before
me was a man
of colossal
stature.
Convulse Disturb Shake up, Calm, Quiet The feverish
torment patient
convulsed
around in his
bed.
Covenant A formal promise, disagreement, The contract
agreement convention, misunderstanding, contained a
between two or bargain denial restrictive
more parties to covenant
perform or not against
perform some building on the
action land.
Coveted desire strongly choose, abjure, dislike The Caldecott
fancy Medal is a
coveted
children’s
book award
Culminating Bring to a head crowning, commencing, My arguments
or to the highest supreme opening, starting with the boss
point; End, got worse and
especially to worse, and
reach a final or finally
cli- mactic culminated in
stage my resignation
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Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence
Deceit practice of Fraud, duplicity fairness, Love and
misleading honesty deceit,
troubles and
rewards are as
ageless as the
heavens.
Deference A courteous obedience, dishonour, His deference
expression (by compliance, disregard, to her wishes
word or deed) yielding noncompliance was very
of esteem or flattering
regard
Detrimental Tending to Harmful , Hurtful Harmless, Recent
cause harm Beneficial policies have
been
detrimental to
the interests of
many old
people
Dialectic Logical, rational analytic, illogical, He not only
controversial, irrational wrote on
persuasive dialectics and
logic, but also
on physics in
its various
departments.
Dilapidate Demolish, deform, distort, Build , On the east of
Deface destroy construct, adorn the town at the
foot of a hill
stands a
dilapidated
fort.
Dilatory Slow or wasting procrastinating, diligent, eager, No dilatory
time lax, dallying zealous motion, or
dilatory
amendment,
or amendment
not germane
shall be in
order.
Diligent persevering, Active, Careless, "A diligent
Hardworking Assiduous inactive worker"; "with
 diligent
industry she
revived the
failing
business".
Discerning Discriminating Astute, knowing idiotic, ignorant The keen
visions of
these birds are
not slow in
discerning
through the
gloomy
recesses the
presence of
danger.
Dispensation allocation of favour, denial, veto This is your
supply indulgence, generation,
kindness this is your
dispensation,
this is your
wisdom.
Dissident Characterized heterodox, agreeing, Union
by departure discordant, confirming dissidents
from accepted nonconformist have
beliefs or challenged the
standards leadership of
the current
president.
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Ee

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Edifice Structure monument, It looks as if
building the whole
political
edifice of the
country is
about to
collapse.
Efficacy Productivene adequacy, inability, failure Exactly the
ss capability, situation he
capacity would have
prayed for
 had he
believed in
the efficacy
of prayer.
Egregious outstandingly atrocious, concealed, good "egregious
bad; deplorable abuses of
shocking, copyright"
remarkably
good.
Elfish Usually good- elfin, naughty behave, good They
naturedly perpetrated a
mischievous practical joke
with elfish
delight.
Emblemati Serving as a typical, literal ,Real ,straightforwa The free
c visible symbol emblematical, rd discussion
for something figurative that is
abstract emblematic
of democracy
Encomium Compliment Accolade, Blame, Criticism The
Eulogy encomium
holding good
of herself,
she refrained
from
lecturing him
on the
subject of the
vilified
Denham.
Engulf Absorb Bury, Dry, Uncover The bright
Consume light engulfed
him
completely
Enormity Horribleness depravity, evil delight, esteem Nobody fully
understands
the enormity
and
complexity of
the task of
reviving the
country's
economy
Entente Agreement Accord, deal, disagreement It also
pact contributed
towards the
conclusion of
an entente
between
Turkey and
Rumania in
the summer
of 1910.
Enunciatio The articulation, - The broken
n articulation of elocution, syntax and
speech phonation casual
regarded from enunciation
the point of of
view of its conversation
intelligibility al English
to the
audience
Epiphany A moment of Flash, oracle Confusion, Secret In the first
sudden grade, I
understandin experienced
g or revelation an epiphany
that girls
were always
treated dif-
ferently than
boys.
Errant wrong , erratic, stray normal Teachers
behaving dislike errant
wrongly in spellings and
some way, misused
especially by words
leaving home
Erudite Well- knowledgeabl uneducated, common, This erudite
Educated e, literate, ignorant priest, born
scholarly in 1067, was
the founder
of historical
writing in
Iceland
 Espouse support adopt, attack, reject He was an
maintain, optimist or
defend he never
wouldhave
espoused the
American
cause.
Exasperate Provoke Agitate, appease, calm Indeed, the
disturb effect would
probably only
be to
exasperate
and worsen
industrial
relations.
Exigent urgent Insistent, easy, ordinary, usual Charles
needful immediately
revealed the
full and
exigent
nature of his
demands.
Expats A person who expellee, citizen, national, native A network of
is voluntarily exile, expats in
absent from expatriate London
home or keeps her
country from missing
the family
she left be-
hind.
Exuberanc Energy, Sprit, Zest Apathy, Coolness They were
e Enthusiasm meant to
suggest
reproductive
vigour,
exuberance,
and
abundance.
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Ff

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

 Fabrication A deliberately hogwash, truth, The synthesis and
false or forgery, fable entertainment, fabrication of
improbable reality single crystals
account; The
act of making
something (a
product) from
raw materials
Farcical absurd comical, funny, grave, Amber has been
laughable reasonable, sad known to behave
in a farcical
manner when she
is under the
influence of
marijuana
fauxpas A socially slip. solecism, praise, certainty His trust was
awkward or abuse warranted, until
tactless act Landor detected
the fauxpas
Fidgety Nervous and apprehensive, restful, Until he did so, Mr
unable to relax jittery, twitchy unmoving, Frampton was too
composed fidgety to be
approachable on
any other subject.
Fissure A long, narrow hole, cleavage, closure, solid A fissure between
opening crack philosophy and
reality.
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Gg

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Gesticulate Show, express indicate, speak He gesticulated his
or direct pantomime desire to leave
through
movement
Gloom depression despair, misery, confidence, She could not see a
sadness joy, delight thing; but she
waited in the gloom
for the steward to
come and light the
lamps.
 Gory bloody horrible, mild, pleasing, The broken and
imbrued pleasant gory body was
kicked through the
railing for the last
time.
Grandeur The quality of brilliance, dullness, An imaginative mix
being expansiveness, simplicity, of old-fashioned
magnificent, magnificence insignificance grandeur and
splendid or colourful art
grand
Grim hopeless gloomy, cruel bright, cheerfulAnthony will be in
the VIP lounge
where he doesn't
have to mix with the
hoi polloi
Gruff Bad tempered Blunt, Nasty Cheerful, I want to say good-
Happy bye," he said in the
gruff voice of
embarrassment.
Gullible Trusting Naïve, Wary, skeptical Finding them, to all
credulous, seeming, gullible
innocent and loquacious,
she had even
ventured on the
Bishop.
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Hh

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Heckle jeer ridicule, taunt, please, People in the crowd
tease praise, aid were booing and
heckling as she
tried to speak.
Hoi Polloi The common masses, rabble, elite, Separate the
people generally herd aristocracy, warriors from the
cream hoi polloi
Hoodwink deceive or trick dupe, outwit debunk, "staff was
expose, hoodwinked into
reveal thinking the
cucumber was a
sawn-off shotgun"
 Hurled throw forcefully fire, toss, launch hold, keep, My friend now
receive began to hurl
stones at it, but it
easily dodged
them.
Hustings The activities catafalque, - The front door was
involved in emplacement, in continual motion
political chancery with guests coming
campaigning and going, amid
(especially laughter and
speech making) boisterous
conversation
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Ii

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Ignominious embarrassin humiliating, glorious, an ignominious
(Adj) g because of undignified, admirable defeat/failure/retre
being a embarrassing at
complete
failure.
Imbibe absorb or assimilate, absorb, abstain, fast "if one does not
assimilate soak up, take in, imbibe the culture
(ideas or digest one cannot
knowledge). succeed"
Implacable merciless cruel. unforgiving kind, Clinton accused
remorseful congressional
Republicans of
"implacable
hostility”.
Impounded kept captured, give, offer The police
confiscated impounded cars
and other personal
property belonging
to the drug dealers.
Inception An event that outset, provenance, conclusion, The strife was thus
is a kick-off outgrowth, in its inception
beginning; a ending political; but it soon
first part or became religious as
stage of well.
subsequent
events
Incessant Never ending ceaseless, nonstop bounded, Night and day we
finished live with the
incessant noise of
the city.
Inchoate Only partly in amorphous, developed, In the man,
existence; immature, nascent grown, substance is
imperfectly mature inchoate,
formed inadequate to the
desired form; it is a
drag on everything.
Inclement Used of brutal, tempestuous, merciful, The climate is
persons or intemperate sympathetic inclement in winter
behaviour; , mild and oppressively
showing no hot in midsummer.
clemency or
mercy
Inclement Bitter brutal, hard, foul clear, One of the most
merciful, inclement winters
nice in the Gulf of
Mexico had passed
in the comfortless
manner described
in the last chapter.
Indefatigabl Showing assiduous, diligent, indifferent, He is an
e sustained dogged lethargic, indefatigable
enthusiastic wavering advocate of equal
action with rights
unflagging
vitality
Inebriated make bombed, plastered, sober, He arrived late in
(someone) boozy straight the banqueting hall,
drunk; and there were
intoxicate. indications that he
was inebriated.
Inflict Make levy, apply hold, take, "The principal
(someone) withhold inflicted his rage on
do the students"
something
unpleasant
Insinuate Hint, allude, ascribe, Conceal, Are you insinuating
Suggest, to imply hide, (that) I'm losing my
suggest, withhold nerve?
without
 being direct,
that
something
unpleasant
is true
Intrepid Invulnerable brave, nervy, afraid, The savages were
to fear or courageous cowardly, overawed by the
intimidation timid coolness and
courage of this
intrepid officer.
Irritants annoyance burden,bother,troubl aid, The report is bound
e happiness, to add a new irritant
help to international
relations
Implacable merciless cruel. unforgiving kind, Clinton accused
remorseful congressional
Republicans of
"implacable
hostility”.
Jj

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Jab Poke violently Poke, Thrust, Pull, tear She jabbed a pen at
Punch him to wake him up.
Jargon Technical Slang, standard A technical paper is
terminology vocab, ardot filled with jargons
Jaunt Short trip Outing, trip, Stay, bolt, She planned a jaunt to
journey abide the field
Jeopardize Put at risk Peril, risk, Save, guard, By lying, she was
stake, protect jeopardizing her
gamble father’s trust.
Jumble Mix something up Mix up, Arange, The receptionist
to cause confuse, order jumbled their names
confusion fuddle and assigned them
wrong rooms
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Kk

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

 Kingpin a person or thing that bigwig inferior, "the kingpins of the
is essential to the subordinate, television industry
success of an underling;
organization or mediocrity,
operation.
Knack ability aptitude, lack, inability It was horrid of you
skill, bent but you always had
a knack of rubbing
one up the wrong
way.
Ll

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Labyrinthine complex : twisting, maze direct, it's hard to find
like straight my classes at the
labyrinthine
building at my
school
Laconic (of a person, brief, concise, verbose, "his laconic reply
speech, or style terse, succinct, long-winded, suggested a lack
of writing) using short, loquacious of interest in the
very few words. economical, topic"
Legion numerous myriad, few, The Roman
countless, numbered legions brought
many peace and
prosperity, at
least most of the
time.
Lenity Mercifulness as a altruism, cruelty, It is for the jury to
consequence of compassion harshness find a just
being lenient or medium between
tolerant harshness and
lenity
Mm

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Maraud go about in plunder, go Guard, "bands of
search of things looting protect robbers crossed
to steal or people the river to
to attack. Raid maraud
and plunder (a
place).
 Martinet Someone who disciplinarian, - He was a good
demands exact authoritarian, deal of a
conformity to tyrant martinet, but he
rules and forms was justice
incarnate.
Menage Family Ancestors, folk, Three verses
kindred quoted by
Menage are all
we possess.
Meticulous very careful and Careful, Careless, Many hours of
precise Accurate Lazy meticulous
preparation have
gone into writing
the book
Myriad A large indefinite gobs, bounded, There’s a myriad
number, a multitudinous, measurable of insects on the
countless or heaping island.
extremely great
number of people
or things
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Nn

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Nigardly Close Tight, mean, narrow Generous, William had
Far, open many excellent
qualities, but
his long life of
exile and
hardship had
made him
niggardly and
narrow.
Nigh near nearly,adjacent,close far, distant She also found
the last level
nigh
impossible.
Nonplussed Filled with astonish, baffle, explicate, These
bewilderment disconcert enlighten, questions
educate nonplus even
the experts
Oo

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Obnoxious Causing offensive, agreeable, He is a vulgar and
disapproval or repulsive, lovable, obnoxious person
protest abominable wonderful
Occult Secret Concealed, Bare, clear Vortices may be
Hidden called an occult
quality, because
their existence was
never proved.
Ossify to become rigid Congeal, Liquefy, There is a general
Freeze Soften growth to be
observed, and the
bones are beginning
to ossify.
Pp

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Panache Distinctive and brio, spiritless He wooed her
stylish elegance flamboyance, with the
swagger confident
panache of a
cavalry officer
Panoramic (of a view or sweeping, restricted, "on a clear day
picture) with a wide, narrow, limited there are
wide view extensive, panoramic
surrounding the bird's-eye, views"
observer; scenic
sweeping.
Paradox puzzle enigma, oddity normality, The paradox of
regularity being calm and
serene at the
rock concert
made her smile.
Paradox Contradiction Absurdity, Normality, I always lie' is a
enigma regularity paradox because
if it is true it must
be false"
Paraphernalia miscellaneous equipment, immovables, "drills, saws, and
articles, stuff, things, other
especially the apparatus, paraphernalia
 equipment necessary for
needed for a homeParap
particular improvements"
activity.
Parched Dried out by arid, withered moist, damp It was the height
heat or of summer and
excessive the land was
exposure to parched and
sunlight brown.
Parley negotiation conference, Quite, silence After some
consult, serious
debate parleying, both
sides agreed to
settle their
differences.
Pecuniary relating or monetary, nonfinancial that makes good
involving money banking pecuniary sense
Peddling sell door to door canvas, pull, buy Conventional
market, politicians
promote should expose
the fantasies
that the far left
and far right are
peddling to a
vulnerable
section of
society.
Peg attach, a reason fix, fasten, join loose, detach They decided to
for discussing use the
something anniversary as
further the peg for/a peg
on which to hang
a TV
documentary.
Perceive Notice, see Discern, disbelieve, She finally
realize overlook perceived the
futility of her
protest
Percussion musical crash, bang, - "percussion
instruments smash, clash, instruments"
played by bump
striking with the
hand or with a
 stick or beater,
or by shaking,
including
drums,
cymbals,
xylophones,
gongs, bells,
and rattles.
Peril Risk,Danger Hazard, Certainly, Just be a little
Insecurity, Safety, careful, and you
Jeopardy Protection are perfectly out
of peril
Pernicious hurtful malicious, assisting, He thought "such
fatal, evil good, a system would
be wrong and
pernicious in the
extreme.
Perpetual Continual, Ceaseless, Bounded, The perpetual
lasting infinite Ceasing struggle to
maintain
standards in a
democracy
Perturbed Trouble Bothered, benefit , calm The more he
Upset loses, the more
perturbed he
gets
Picket a worker or palisade, - There were
group of workers stanchion. pickets outside
who protest upright the factory gates
outside a
building to
prevent other
workers from
going inside,
especially
because they
have a
disagreement
with their
employers
Piffle nonsense Foolishness, sense, truth "I don't know
balone anything about
that sort of
 piffle," said his
guest, severely.
Pilfer steal (things of snatch, - "she produced
little value). embezzle the handful of
coins she had
managed to
pilfer"
Piqued Offend Annoy, Arouse Aid, Compose The scientists
were piqued
because science
and hard work
made their
colleague
wealthy.
Pitting oppose counter, set agree, go along We determine
against, vie which is the
faster horse by
pitting one
against the other
in a race
Pliability Adaptability of flexible, not flexible, "he was valued
mind or ductile, elastic hard for his reliability
character and pliability"
Plight a dangerous, predicament, blessing, delve, The idea had
difficult, or quandary, boon sustained him
otherwise dilemma ever since he had
unfortunate learned of the
situation plight of his
tribesmen.
Polemic Argumentative belligerent, benevolent, Some will find
contentious cordial. the harsh
polemic
repetitive and
disturbing.
Precinct A district of a tract, ward, whole The
city or town subdivision commissioner
marked out for made visitations
administrative to all the
purposes precinct stations
Pretence falsehood Claim, display reality, honesty From the first
there had been
no pretence of
friendship
 between
thesetwo.
Primordial earliest primeval. modern, new, Her immense
pristine last wooden
sculptures refer
to a primitive
form of life in
primordial
worlds.
Pristine clean, pure immaculate, affected, dirty The car seemed
untouched, to be in pristine
intact condition.
Proliferate Grow rapidly breed, decrease, Pizza parlours
engender, destroy, lessen proliferate in this
mushroom area
Protagonist person who hero, idle, antagonist She was herself
takes the lead advocate a vehement
protagonist of
sexual equality.
Prudent Wise , Sensible Careful. Careless, That sacrifice
cautious Expensive may also be a
prudentaction,"
observed
Madeleine.
Purport to pretend to be acceptation, exterior, They purport to
or to do tenor, upshot insignificance, represent the
something, outside wishes of the
especially in a majority of
way that is not parents at the
easy to be- lieve. school.
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Qq

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Quiver Shaking Flash, glimmer Dullness, The city quivered with music
quiet and excitement.
Quixotic idealistic dreamy, foolish, cautious, That sounds quixotically
impractical realistic, wise noble, this stand for the
‘inviolability of marriage.
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Rr

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Remediation Act of correcting indemnification, wound He had the
an error or a fault restitution, unhappy knack of
or an evil rectification making enemies
in the party.
Reminiscent Suggestive of Evocative, forgetful, I find this debate,
something in the redolent oblivious this lobbying,
past very reminiscent
of that time.
Resonate Be received or echo, vibrate quieten In the higher
understood frequency range
both locked and
free long waves
could be
resonated.
Resuscitate Revive Energize, Destroy The doctors
invigorate resuscitated the
comatose man
Ripping Marvelous astonishing, Dull The tree split with
agreeable a great ripping
sound
Rugged Sturdy and irregular, lumpy even, with a house full
strong in smooth of boys you have
constitution or to have rugged
construction; furniture"
enduring
Ss

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Sacrament an important celebration, neglect, denial, The sacramental
religious ceremony divorce character, then,
ceremony in is not in itself a
the Christian sanctifying gift
Church, such
as baptism or
communion
Saddle A seat for the howdah, relieve, Ram is retiring
rider of a horse pillion, disencumber, after 14 years in
or camel; Load packsaddle disengage the saddle as
chief executive
 or burden;
encumber
Scathing Marked by caustic, calm, gentle, His scathing
harshly abusive mordant, generous remarks about
criticism trenchant silly lady novelists
Scorn 1. Contempt 2. Mockery, Praise, Aid, Please 1. There are
to Show Sarcasm, people who will
contempt Contempt. show you scorn,
but you must not
mind them. 2.
When I asked for
his daughter’s
hand in marriage,
he scorned me.
Scourge A whip used to plague, reward, blessing, Pop-up ads have
inflict torment, boon been described
punishment; bane as the scourge of
Something the Internet.
causing misery
or death
Semblance An outward or pretence, concrete, rear The city has now
token façade, mien returned to some
appearance or semblance of
form that is normality after
deliberately last night's
misleading celebrations
authenticity
Sinister Nasty evil, bad, good, happy, His sinister
baneful auspicious countenance was
watched with
terrible constancy
by Jude
Smear spread over cover, stain, clean, purify, Smear on meat,
patch honour and place near
where the rats are
most
troublesome.
Sobriquet A familiar name alias, pen real name Joe's mother
for a person name, would not use his
byname sobriquet and
always called him
Joseph
Spate continuation Deluge, not in series A spate of letters.
Torrent
Sporadic on and off occasional, common, At the beginning
in frequent, constant, frequent the postal
irregular communications
were rather
sporadic and
mainly met the
military needs
Sprawled spread out lie, fall straighten, Their favorite
compress, stand napping positions
are lying flat on
their backs with
their legs
sprawled out.
Spurious Plausible but counterfeit, genuine, authentic, After receiving a
false; Intended specious, real low appraisal on
to deceive apocryphal my diamond ring,
I realized the
suspicious-
looking jeweler
had sold me a
spurious jewel
Spurn Refuse with despise, ascend, accept, Ellis plays the
contempt disdain, admire part of the young
scorn lover spurned by
his mistress.
Stout rather fat or of overweight, skinny, weak, slight Mrs Blower was
heavy build porcine, the rather stout
tubby lady with the
glasses and the
sensible shoes
Striving to try very hard conation, desultory, feeble, We must strive to
to do conatus, indolent narrow the gap
something or to attempt between rich and
make poor.
something
happen,
especially for a
long time or
against
difficulties
Scourge A whip used to plague, reward, blessing, Pop-up ads have
inflict torment, boon been described
punishment; bane as the scourge of
Something the Internet.
causing misery
or death
Stupor The feeling of slumber, liveliness, Someone stole
distress and hebetude, sensibility, his wallet while
disbelief that narcosis wakefulness he was in a
you have when drunken stupor
something bad
happens
accidentally;
Marginal
consciousness
Stuttering stammer halting, continue Stuttering and
pause wasting moments
too precious for
words.
Stymie frustrate, crimp, foil, aid, forward, Stan began to
hinder block support think they were
stymied when all
Hades broke
loose from above.
Succinctly Briefly Shortly, permanently, Please state your
summarily verbosely case as
succinctly as
possible.
Succour Help given to sustenance, obstruction, Students should
someone, relief, hindrance, be encouraged,
especially support blockage supported and
someone who succoured
is suffering or in
need
Succumb die or surrender cease, gave continue, defend, I'm afraid I
away, defer fight succumbed to
temptation and
had a piece of
cheesecake.
Swat hit knock, slap, lose, surrender Maybe I gave him
beat a swat on his
diaper when he
was a toddler, but
 I never re- ally hit
him.
Syllogistic Of or relating to deduction, unreasonableness The bare forms of
or consisting of sanity, Syllogistic are a
syllogism ratiocination useless item of
knowledge unless
they are applied
to concrete
thought.
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Tt

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Taciturnity reserve aloofness, agitation, Smiley is a
calmness, boldness, taciturn, middle-
coldness liberation aged intelligence
officer who has
been forced into
retirement.
Tandem Alongside each together, in flow alone A tight fiscal
other policy working in
tandem with a
tight foreign
exchange policy
Taradiddle a petty lie., fable, "no sane person
pretentious fabrication, would make up
nonsense. falsehood, such a
taradiddle".
Tempest a violent windy storm, gale, "a raging
storm. squall, tempest"
superstorm,
Tenor intent gist, mood blockage, This, however,
outside does not disturb
the tenor of the
following
arguments.
Tenous very weak or slight. slight, convincing, The police have
insubstantial, substantial, only found a
flimsy, strong tenuous
negligible, connection
between the two
robberies.
Terrestrial on or relating to earthly, worldly, cosmic, "increased
the earth. mundane, heavenly ultraviolet
earthbound radiation may
disrupt terrestrial
ecosystems"
Timid Showing fear and ambivalent, conceited, Problems call for
lack of confidence bashful, egotistical, bold not timid
vacillating extrovert responses
Tirade A speech of violent denunciation, compliment, Her tirade
denunciation harangue, harmony, provoked a
ranting peace counterblast
from her
husband
Toil hard work effort, moil , fun, laziness, The actress had
sweat pastime to toil for many
years before
becoming a
Hollywood star
Traverse Travel across or crisscross, confirm, back "The caravan
pass over; To negotiate, up, stay traversed almost
cover or extend perambulate 100 miles each
over an area or day
time period
Trudge walk heavily drag oneself tiptoe A long path that
is hard to walk
along is an
example of a
trudge.
Tumult Uproar agitation, Agreement, Then his words
commotion Calm were lost in
tumult, for the
third day's
fighting began.
Tyranny dictatorship, a autocracy, Democracy Women, the play
situation in which despotism seems to
someone or suggest, must
something resist the tyranny
controls how you of domesticity
are able to live, in
an unfair way
Uu

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

 Unabashed Not blatant, brazen, fearful, A tinselled charm and
embarrassed audacious ashamed, unabashed
apologetic sentimentality
Uncanny Suggesting the superhuman, ordinary, Stumps...had
operation of exceptional, common, uncanny shapes as of
supernatural unearthly familiar monstrous creatures
influences
Unctuous Sycophantic Ingratiating, blunt, Anna was thankful
servile genuine, that the unctuous
sincere man who first greeted
her at the modelling
agency would not be
the person she would
be working with.
Unerrign Accurate certain, mistaken. He had read the
errorless imperfect yearning of her
heartwith unerring
insight
For details on the Cloze Test, refer to the linked article.
Vv

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Vaccilation fluctuation hesitation,doubt,indecision certainty,sure The
confusion
about the
project has
been made
worse by
the
vacillation
and
indecision.
Valiant Having or gallant, gritty, stalwart afraid, In course of
showing cowardly, time the
valour timid valiant
Swedes
were
obliged to
give way
before their
enemy.
Veer Change Bend, deflect keep to, stay Three men
direction were
 feared
dead last
night after
a
helicopter
veered off
course into
an oil
platform.
Vendetta A feud in bickering, grudge, hostility agreement, He saw
which forgiveness, himself as
members of peace the victim
the opposing of a
parties personal
murder each vendetta
other being
waged by
his political
enemies.
Vicarious experienced indirect, second-hand, - "this
in the secondary, derivative, catalogue
imagination brings
through the vicarious
feelings or pleasure in
actions of luxury
another living"
person.
Ww

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Wading often through initiate, walk , dodge, end, They all removed their
water fall to finish shoes and socks and
rolled up their pants legs
before wading into the
cold water.
Wane to become atrophy, brighten, By the late 70s the
weaker in dwindle, taper ascend, band's popularity was
strength or off enlarge beginning to wane.
influence
Weary Tired Exhausted, refresh, Children weary me with
fatigued energetic their constant questions
and demands.
 Wobbling shaking quaking, steady The motion of something
staggering, that wobbles.
swaying
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Zz

Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence

Zenith the time at which highest point, high nadir, "His career
something is most point, crowning bottom reached its zenith
powerful or point, height in the 1960s."
successful.