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Meaning - To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem, to humiliate.

Synonyms - Debase,degrade,humiliate.
Antonyms - dignify, honor, respect.
Usage - He felt abased when his clothes were removed.
Abase M: a भेस; bhes herera ta kaaley khattam bhanera humiliate garnu

Meaning - To make ashamed or uneasy, disconcert, to embarrass.

Synonyms - confound, confuse, embarrass.
Antonyms - composed, emboldened, proud, reassured.
Usage - Salman was abashed when Ash married Abhishek.
Abash

Meaning - to decrease in force or intensity, to decrease in amount or value.

Synonyms - Subside, Decrease, Wane, Slack, Slake.
Antonyms - increase, intensify, magnify.
Usage - We were waiting for the storm to abate.
Abate

Meaning - To make short or shorter, To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.

Synonyms - shorten, abridge, curtail, truncate.
Antonyms - expand, extend, increase, lengthen.
Usage - SHIT is abbreviation of __ __ __ __ .
Abbreviate

Meaning - to renounce a throne, to give up, to surrender.

Synonyms - relinquish, renounce, reject, cast off, disclaim.
Antonyms - assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain,
retain, treasure, usurp.
Usage - Bush abdicated his power.
Abdicate
M: Abs and dick ate, now she's GAVE UP her right to remain in the society.
 Meaning - straying from the right or normal way, deviating from the usual or natural
type.
Synonyms - deviation, variation, distortion, disorientation, error.
Antonyms - truth, sanity.
Aberrant Usage - The aberrant nature of Heart pulses.

Meaning - to actively encourage, to assist or support.

Synonyms - aid, assist, support, encourage, incite, instigate.
Antonyms - hinder, obstruct, interrupt, restrict.
Usage - Abu Allibi was killed for abetting Bin laden.
Abet M: a भेट; भेट गरे र हामी एक अर्काको बिजनेसमा सामेल हुम भनेको।

Meaning - temporary inactivity, condition of being undetermined.

Synonyms - suspended, withheld, inoperative, out of action, pending.
Antonyms - ongoing, action, activity, continuance, continuation.
Usage - The task was held in abeyance.
Abeyance

Meaning - to regard with horror or detestation, to regard with extreme repugnance.

Synonyms - Hate, dislike, detest, loathe, despise, abominate.
Antonyms - Love, liking, admiration, affection, infatuation, idolatry.
Usage - Abhor the sin, not the sinner.
Abhor

Meaning - Sunk to a low condition, cast down in spirit

Synonyms - beggarly, degraded, wretched, miserable.
Antonyms - Exalted, proud.
Usage - Children dwelling in abject poverty.
M: calling someone experimental subject instead of by name and they get cast
Abject
down in spirit, lowers their condition.
 Meaning - to renounce upon oath, to give up.
Synonyms - renounce, repudiate, forswear, recant.
Antonyms - desire, wish, long for.
Usage - Mr. Bush abjured his rights.
Abjure M: aba jury le decide garcha maile sakina i give up!

Meaning - the act of washing or cleansing as a religious rite.

Synonyms - bath, washing, cleaning.
Antonyms - //
Usage - Man taking ablution in the pure waters of Ganga.
Ablution M: aba lotion lagayera safa sugghar bhayera puja garchu.

Meaning - to deny oneself, self-denial, self-renunciation.

Synonyms - give up, renunciation, denial, relinquish.
Antonyms - assert, assume, defend, defy, hold, remain, retain, usurp.
Usage - Swami Vivekananda abnegated all the luxurious of material life.
M: aba negation garey maile life maa dherai kura haru; ma aafule aafulai deny garchu
Abnegation
luxuries and shit.

Meaning - A place where someone lives.

Synonyms - residence, home, dwelling place, house, place.
Antonyms - //
Usage - The dream abode.
M: a बोट; tree house type ko jahaa manchey baschan. so tyo manche harko abode ho
Abode
tyo i.e. ghar ho.

Meaning -put an end to, to make null.

Synonyms - annul, terminate, nullify, cancel, abrogate.
Antonyms - continue, approve, retain.
Usage - World should abolish nuclear weapons as well as work :).
Abolish
 Meaning - unpleasant, causing disgust.
Synonyms - abhor, hatred, detestable, loathe.
Antonyms - love, adore, admire, worship.
Usage - everyone abominates terrorists.
Abominable M: chya chya aba मनोबल पनि घट्यो त्यो पाजि को? छि।

Meaning - having existed in a region from the beginning.

Synonyms - indigenous, native, originals.
Antonyms - immigrant, foreigner, incomer.
Usage - Its difficult to find aboriginals in metros.
Aboriginal

Meaning - to wear down or tear away by friction.

Synonyms - chafe, rub off, wear away, erase, erode, scour, scrape.
Antonyms - smooth.
Usage - Frequent brakes abrade tyres fast.
Abrade M: a ब्लेडले लुगा च्यात्यो।

Meaning - Harsh and rough in manner, substance that abrades.

Synonyms - scape, rough.
Antonyms - likable, pleasant, smooth soft, pleasing.
Usage - abrasive brushes.
Abrasive M: abrade garne kura abrasive

Meaning - to cut short, to reduce the length.

Synonyms - condense, shorten, abbreviate, reduce.
Antonyms - elaborate, expand, extend, increase, lengthen.
Usage - The London bridge abridges the gap between two islands.
Abridge

Meaning - to abolish, to cancel by an authority.

Synonyms - abolish, annul, annihilate.
Antonyms - continue approve, retain.
Usage - Let us see if new laws abrogate the right to work.
Abrogate
 Meaning - the act or process of cutting off.
Synonyms - removal, cutting off, shedding, sloughing.
Antonyms - attach, join.
Usage - The picture depicts the abscission of a branch.
Abscission M: aba scissor le kaatesi abscission huncha.

Meaning -to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal
prosecution.
Synonyms - hide, depart, run away, flee.
Antonyms - arrive, stay, reappear, remain, be present.
Abscond Usage - Forces are searching the absconded Bin Laden.

Meaning - Loosed from any limitation, perfect in quality and nature.

Synonyms - Uncontrolled, Unrestricted, Authoritative, dictatorial, autocratic.
Antonyms - Accountable, limited, responsible.
Usage - Adolf Hitler wanted the absolute power.
Absolute M: like Monica said..this mocholate is abso-lutely perfect in quality.
Absolute
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Meaning - to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt.

Synonyms - forgive, discharge, pardon, vindicate, set free.
Antonyms - charge, convict, excoriate.
Usage - Lord Jesus absolves us all from our sins.
M: aba solve gardyo case laai Sherlock Holmes le ani guilty bhanera jail haaleko
Absolve
niklyo!

Meaning - To refrain from something by one's own choice.

Synonyms - refrain, withhold, resist.
Antonyms - pursue, persist.
Usage - Abstinence is the key of life. abstain from sex.
Abstain
 Meaning - moderate in appetite
Synonyms - abstentious, abstinent,nonindulgent, strict.
Antonyms - gluttonous.
Usage - He ate and drink in abstemiously
Abstemious

Meaning - the giving up of certain pleasures

Synonyms - Refraining, self control, self discipline, temperance.
Antonyms -Excess , self indulgence, greediness
Usage -We should abstinence the use of alcoholic liquor.
Abstinence

Meaning - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance, existing only
in the mind.
Synonyms - theoretical, complex, conceptual, unrealistic, unpractical, hypothetical,
abstract.
Antonyms - concrete, definite, real.
Abstract
Usage - abstract art is very valuable these days.

Meaning - hard to understand.

Synonyms - obscure, abstract, esoteric, difficult, obsolete, recondite.
Antonyms - clear, easy, lucid, simple, concrete.
Usage - Abstruse subjects are hard to understand.
Abstruse M: Abstruse: Abstract bhanya jastai

Meaning - characterized by wrong or improper use or action, using harsh insulting

language.
Synonyms - Insulting, slanderous, calumniating, disparage, maligning.
Antonyms - Praising, eulogistic, laudatory, panegyric.
Abusive Usage - Using abusive language and insulting prisoners.

Meaning - to touch along the border, to border upon or end at

Synonyms - adjoin, border, neighbor, meet, touch
Antonyms - Center
Usage - The 2 properties shown in Figure abut one another.
Abut
 Meaning - Extending far downward or inward from a surface, extremely or
hopelessly bad or severe.
Synonyms - deep, abyss, bottomless, profound, fathomless, immeasurable, extremely
bad.
Antonyms - measurable, fathomable.
Abysmal
Usage -The abysmal well.

Meaning - An immeasurably deep chasm.

Synonyms - chasm, deep, hallow, ravine, cavity, deep, abysmal.
Antonyms - measurable, not deep.
Usage -Lost in the deep abysses of water.
Abyss

Meaning -to express approval.

Synonyms - assent, agree, acquiesce, comply, concede, accept, nod.
Antonyms - deny, refuse, condemn, demur, denounce.
Usage -The two acceded to work together.
Accede M: Let's SEAT together and accede to work together.

Meaning - To praise enthusiastically and often publicly, to acknowledge.

Synonyms - praise, applaud, acclamation, hail, herald
Antonyms - dishonor, disapproval, berate, vituperate.
Usage - Acclaim the deserved. This acclaim is deserved by M Brown.
Acclaim Acclaim
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Meaning - To adapt oneself to environmental or climatic changes.

Synonyms - adapt, adjust, conform.
Antonyms - unacclimatize.
Usage -people acclimatize when there is change in weather.
Acclimatize M: according to climate; climate anusar adapt garne aafulai.
 Meaning -An upward slope.
Synonyms - ascent, rise, raise, climb, upgrade, incline, slope.
Antonyms - declivity, decline.
Usage - hard work sign showing acclivity ahead.
Acclivity M: Climb an acclivity.

Meaning - an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an

acknowledgment of merit.
Synonyms - award, recognition, prize, trophy, honor, reward.
Antonyms - criticism.
Accolade Usage - Robert De Niro works were accoladed.

Meaning - A person who knowingly participates with another in an unlawful act,

crime or wrongdoing, partner in crime.
Synonyms - confederate, associate, assistant, helper, decoy, steerer, supporter.
Antonyms - adversary, enemy, opponent.
Accomplice Usage - Abu Allibi was an accomplice of Bin Laden.

Meaning - An agreement between parties.

Synonyms - agree, agreement, concord, consort, harmonize, rapport, treaty.
Antonyms - disagreement, dissonance, dissension.
Usage - The two parties accorded for peace.
Accord M: A cord connects two people together after an agreement.

Meaning - To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively.

Synonyms - come up to, address, greet, recognize, approach, snare, hook, solicit,
waylay.
Antonyms - avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun.
Usage - President is being accosted by body guards.
Accost
M: at any cost YOU MUST DO THIS bhanera boldly ra aggressively bolnu.
 Meaning - To outfit and equip, as for military duty.
Synonyms - furnish, equip, outfit, fit out, fit, attire.
Antonyms - // comment if you know.
Usage - The army man accoutred for the mission.
Accoutre

Meaning - increase by external addition or accumulation.

Synonyms - increase, accrue, growth.
Antonyms - attrition, decrease, lose.
Usage - The accretion of snow.
M: excretion thapidai jaanu k toilet maa bihaana bihaana lol addition/accumulate
Accretion
hudai jaanu.

Meaning - to be added as a matter of periodic gain or advantage, as interest on

money.
Synonyms - to increase, accretion, augment, collect, gather, accummulate.
Antonyms - attrition, decrease, lose.
Usage - the bank interest accrues.
Accrue M: Our crew is increasing Ayeeee matey!! Now we'll deposit our bank and our
interest will accrue ani ta suti suti khaincha accrue le garda yohoo.

Meaning - Sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone. / (ACRID) harshness or

severity, as of temper or expression.
Synonyms - bitter, acidity, sour. / (ACRID) tartness, jaundice, acrimony.
Antonyms - mellowness, mildness, sweetness. / (ACRID) kindness, sweetness
Usage - lemon has taste of acerbity.
Acerbity/Acrid
M: Acrid se r hatalo ta acid bangaya, sour hey badaa acid hey badaa.

Meaning - The highest point, as of achievement or development.

Synonyms - peak, summit, apex, zenith, top, pinnacle.
Antonyms - bottom, low point, zero, nadir.
Usage - Try harder to reach the acme of your career.
Acme
 Meaning - Its a common skin disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest,
and back.
Synonyms - pimples
Antonyms - // comment if you know
Acne Usage - acne is a common disease.

Meaning - to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or agree passively.

Synonyms - assent, agree, comply, connive, (Accede).
Antonyms - disagree, deny, refuse, condemn, demur, denounce.
Usage - I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.
Acquiesce M: aww kasto cute, timle ta j bhaneni maani haalchu ni acquiesceee.
Acquiesce
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Meaning - Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as

charged.
Synonyms - absolve, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, release, vindicate.
Antonyms - charge, condemn, blame, convict, sentence.
Acquit/Acquittal Usage - If it does not fit, must you acquit?

Meaning - caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner.

Synonyms - acerbic, caustic, bitter, peevish, pungent, tart, sharp.
Antonyms - kind, sweet, affable, benign.
Usage - remain calm in acrimonious situations.
Acrimonious

Meaning - Fear of heights.

Synonyms - // comment if you know
Antonyms - // comment if you know
Usage - People having acrophobia miss lot of fun, like the one in photo.
Acrophobia

Meaning - A statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums.

Synonyms - analyst,auditor, bookkeeper,calculator,clerk,comptroller, public
accountant, reckoner.
Antonyms - // comment if you know
Actuary Usage - actuaries estimate the preferred interest rates of insurance companies.
 Meaning -To put into motion or action; activate; Motivate.
Synonyms - drive,impel,mobilize,activate,motivate.
Antonyms - impede, stop.
Usage - crisis actuate employees to work hard.
M: ac chuuu chuuu garer train chalnu, motion maa; train activate pani bhayo motion
Actuate
or action maa pani aayo.

Meaning -ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly.

Synonyms - shrewdness, astuteness, sagacity.
Antonyms - denseness, ignorance, inability, ineptness, obtuseness, stupidity
Usage - Einstein approached matters with great acumen
Acumen

Meaning - Extremely sharp or severe; intense;

Synonyms - sharp, pointed, sensitive, shrill.
Antonyms - dense, imperceptive, insensitive,blunt, dull
Usage - Sitting infront of computer for long hours causes acute back pains.
Acute

Meaning -An extremely hard, firmly or stubbornly determined, uncompromising;

unyielding
Synonyms - die-hard, grim, implacable,stubborn,rigid
Antonyms - flexible, soft, supple
Adamant Usage - Dogs can be adamant at times

Meaning -A pithy statement expressing an observation or principle generally

accepted as wise or true,
Synonyms - aphorism, maxim, proverb, saying.
Antonyms - //comment if you know
Usage - She said she always believed in the old adage,'Leave them while you're
Adage
looking good.' -Loos, Anita
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 Meaning -Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book.
Synonyms - supplement, appendix, postscript.
Antonyms - // comment if you know.
Usage -This is an addendum to the book.
Addendum

Meaning - to become confused.

Synonyms - confuse, muddle, bewilder.
Antonyms - clear, understanding
Usage - My Brain is addled by the volume of this work.
Addle M: addle faddle baddle i'm confused.

Meaning - to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.

Synonyms - cite, present, abduce.
Antonyms - // comment if you know.
Usage - The picture adduce the fact of evolution.
Adduce M: Deduced with the help of adduce.

Meaning -A highly skilled person; an expert.

Synonyms - expert,master,skillful,proficient.
Antonyms - awkward, clumsy, incompetent, inept, unskilled.
Usage - There is great demand for adept employees these days.
Adept Image: Adept

Meaning -Used to express farewell

Synonyms - farewell, goodbye, parting
Antonyms - greeting,hello
Usage -Bidding them adieu we departed.
Adieu

Meaning -To award by law,To determine or decide by judicial procedure.

Synonyms - decide, decree,determine, judge,rule umpire.
Antonyms - // comment if you know.
Usage -A person adjudged guilty is one who has been convicted in court.
Adjudge
 Meaning - Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position.
Synonyms - accessory, supplement, attachment.
Antonyms - detriment, lessening, subtraction
Usage - PCC looking for adjunct faculty through job fair.
Adjunct

Meaning - 1.an earnest request; entreaty.

2.a solemn or desperate urging or counseling:
Synonyms - Oath
Antonyms - //
Adjuration Usage - I asked the spirit some questions, and then pronounced the adjuration.

Meaning - to caution or reprimand, advise, or counsel against something.

Synonyms - to urge to a duty; remind, scold in milder way, rebuke, Censure, upbraid
Antonyms - //
Usage -The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
Admonish

Meaning - make poorer in quality by adding another substance

Synonyms - alloyed, impure, dirty, mixing, debased, loaded.
Antonyms - clean, moral, virtuous, free, purify, refine
Usage - Adulterating food has become habit for some people now
Adulterate

Meaning - 1. Relating to beauty or the arts.

2.Relating to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed
to pure intellectuality.
Synonyms - Discriminating , cultivated, refined
Antonyms -
Aesthetic
Usage - Because it is a poor idea of art to reduce it to an aesthetic.

Meaning : Pretentious; phony, Artifical

Synonyms :
Antonyms:
Usage : Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's
Affected embarrassing.
 Meaning : fondness; liking; similarity or attraction
Synonyms : Sympathy , bent , Leaning
Antonyms: Dislike, disparity, Dislike
Usage : To arrange charter flights for opera lovers and other affinity groups.
Affinity Affinity
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Meaning - to make appear great or greater:praise highly

Synonyms - amplify, augment, boost, build, burgeon, magnify, multiply, glorify.
Antonyms -belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower.
Usage -The king wanted to aggrandize himself and his kingdom.
Aggrandize

Meaning - Composed of a mixture ,amounting to a whole; total

Synonyms - amount, sum, summation, total, gross, whole.
Antonyms - individual, part, particular,break up, disperse, divide.
Usage - aggregate stockpiled for additional underground drain
Aggregate He aggregated the gaming CD count to be near about 200.

Meaning : Cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed,liveliness

Synonyms: eager, keenness, fervor, zeal
Antonyms:
Usage: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
Alacrity

Meaning : Medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a

seemingly magical power or process of transmutation
Uasge: Sarah Norris on the alchemy of being young and literary and finding your
way in New York.
alchemy
 Meaning :
1.to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
2. to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate:
Synonyms : Soften, assuage
Antonyms : Excite.
Usage: The fact that the government employee in question is a McKinsey alumnus
Allay does not allay any of my concerns.
M: Awwllley ley ley mero baby- when i hear this from my gf all my fear, doubt is put
to rest and i become quiet. If she is not being sarcastic that is :/

Meaning : to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate.

Synonyms: lighten, diminish, abate, relieve, assuage.
Usage : Has she spent time with him discussing ways to alleviate poverty in our rural
and urban communities?
Alleviate

Meaning : A combination; a mixture of two or more metals

Synonyms : fusion, blend, composite.
Usage : I make no objection to that alloy, which I am told is necessary, and fits it for
being moulded to my purposes.
Alloy

Meaning : 1. To attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.

2. To fascinate; charm.
Synonyms: 1. entice, lure. 2. enchant, entrance, captivate. 4. glamor, attraction.
Usage : But despite her allure, her assiduous assault on New York produced no
Allure results.

Meaning : to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine:

Usage : The three schools decided to amalgamate.

Amalgamate
 Meaning : unclear or doubtful in meaning
Synonyms : equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic
Antonyms : 1. explicit. 3. certain. 4. clear, precise, unambiguous.
Usage : He gave an ambiguous answer.
Ambiguous

Meaning - 1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and

hate, toward a person, object, or idea, 2. the state of having conflicting emotional
attitudes
Synonyms - equivocation.
Antonyms - certainty, decisiveness
Ambivalence
Usage - In the short term, such ambivalence is not a problem.

Meaning : Something delicious; the food of the gods.

Usage :
M: Umm bro! Sia is delicious, even if she's old! wink ;)
Ambrosia

Meaning : to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; to

improve
Synonyms : Amend, Better
Usage : US Army ameliorate condition of Afghanistan citizen.
Ameliorate

Meaning : agreeable; cooperative; suited, ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or

yield;legal, open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive;
tractable:
Synonyms : . manageable, docile, easy. 3. open, subject
Antonyms : stubborn, recalcitrant.
Amenable Usage : You are amenable for this debt.
It amenable to take the dog on beach.
 Meaning : Something that increases comfort, an agreeable way or manner; courtesy;
civility:
Synonyms :
Usage :1. The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities.
Amenity 2. The amenity of the Caribbean climate.

Meaning : a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good
fortune; protecting charm.
Synonyms : Talisman
Usage : In the insidest inside there is a stone box, and in it there is the amulet.
M: Amu didi so amiable and good, when she enters house the evilness of the house
Amulet
if gone, that evil buhaari is warded off! lol

Meaning: Something out of the proper time, something or someone that is not in its
correct historical or chronological time
Usage : The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
Anachronism

Meaning : Medication that reduces or eliminates pain, a remedy that relieves or allays
pain.

Usage : Unilever has create an analgesic medicine for back pain

Analgesic

Meaning : Comparable
Synonyms : similar, alike, like, comparable, akin.
Usage : A brain and a computer are analogous.
Analogous

Meaning : Absence of government; state of disorder

,lack of obedience to an authority; insubordination.
Usage : The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy.
Anarchy
 Meaning - A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain.
Synonyms - painkiller, mind-numbing, analgesic,
Antonyms - //Add Comments if you Know.
Usage - Aspirin has many anodyne properties.
M: Another डाएन! malai anodyne dey ta, aspirin diye huncha, mero taauko dukhyo yo
Anodyne
dyne laai dekhera feri!

Meaning - Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.

Synonyms - abnormal, unusual, peculiar, odd, exceptional, irregular, rare, bizarre.
Antonyms - common, natural, regular, ordinary, familiar, typical.
Usage - The anomalous is more surprising - thus often a lot more interesting - than
Anomalous the normal and mundane.

Meaning: something that comes before, preceding; prior:

Synonyms: 1. precursory, preexistent. 2. precursor, forerunner, ancestor.
Antonyms : 1. subsequent. 2. successor.
Usage : Little is known about his birth and antecedents.
Antecedent

Meaning - Extremely old and antiquated.

Synonyms - ancient, archaic, antiquated, old, out-of-date.
Antonyms - modern, recent, new, up-to-date.
Usage - He complains that merchants in Pasadena are antediluvian when it comes to
the Internet
Antediluvian
M: Atti durlav antediluvian.

Meaning - A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance.

Synonyms - dislike, hatred, animosity, aversion, antagonism, enmity.
Antonyms - empathy, sympathy, attraction, harmony, affection, love.
Usage - There was too much antipathy between the brothers.
Antipathy
 Meaning: Absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. Indifference.
Synonyms : Coolness , stop caring
Usage : The biggest problem may be the apathy that authorities, and even civilians,
hold toward sex crimes.
Apathy

Meaning -The Highest point.

Synonyms - peak, summit, vertex, acme, culmination, zenith.
Antonyms - base, bottom, nadir.
Usage - The Apex of the triangle.
Apex

Meaning - The point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited.
Synonyms - acme, top, peak, climax.
Antonyms - perigee.
Usage - The Corruption in India reached its apogee during Dr.Manmohan Singh
Period.
Apogee M: abo gee suniye toh mein to aapki dick kii apogee dekh rahi huu yitne battamij bhi
mat baniyena aap khititi lol :D

Meaning - A short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some

important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
Synonyms - Aphorism, Axiom, Maxim.
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know.
Usage - "Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see" is a famous
Apothegm
aphorism attributed to Mark Twain

Meaning - To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.

Synonyms - pacify, satisfy, soothe, calm, relieve.
Antonyms - upset, provoke, disturb, annoy, irritate.
Usage - The acceptance of Jan Lokpal Bill appeased Anna Hazare and his
Appease supporters.
 Meaning - A name, title, or designation.
Synonyms - denomination, designation, name, term, appellative.
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know.
Usage - "King of Pop" is Michael Jackson's appellation.
Appellation M: Je m'appelle: name you know it dude!

Meaning - Well suited for the purpose, appropriate.

Synonyms - suited, fitting, proper, relevant.
Antonyms - irrelevant, unsuitable, inappropriate.
Usage - It is apposite to have an anti-corruption bill at this stage.
Apposite M: Appo + Suit; suit huney kura; appropriate + suit apposite; apposuit lel

Meaning -To notify or to make aware; gain in value.

Synonyms - inform, notify, advise, communicate, warn, appreciate.
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know.
Usage - Students should be apprised about the current imbalance in trade.
M: app haru ko rise sangai kunai pani kura ko baarema haami ekkai chin maa notified
Apprise
hunchau apps ko notification le gardaa. so notify, inform etc. sahi ho lol

Meaning -An expression of warm approval.

Synonyms - approval, acceptance, recognition, applause.
Antonyms - disapproval, disapprobation, displeasure, dislike.
Usage - The martyr's bravery received the President's approbation.
Approbation

Meaning - To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without
permission,
Synonyms - seize, take, claim, acquire, annex, commandeer.
Antonyms - give, relinquish, cede, return.
Appropriate Usage - Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.
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 Meaning -At an appropriate time, of an appropriate or pertinent nature., germane
Synonyms - timely, correct, fitting, suitable, relevant, proper.
Antonyms - malapropos
Usage - payday arrived apropos.,
Apropos Dead End was seen by mark appropos

Meaning : 1. Ornate design featuring intertwined curves;

2. A ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the
weight of the body
Usage : The ceiling and walls were rich with tessellated and arabesque work.
M: arab kti haru burkha laaye ni figure kya curvy hunchan ni, euta khutta uchaalera
Arabesque majjale..lol
ballet maa dance garne jasto position maa :P

Meaning - The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and
examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and
pottery.
Synonyms - prehistory
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know
Archaeology Usage - Archeology is a fascinating science that goes beyond discovering dinosaur
bones and mummies.

Meaning - feelings of great intensity and warmth, A feeling of strong eagerness.

Synonyms - eager, passion, zeal, heat, spirit, enthusiasm.
Antonyms - coldness, coolness, frigidity, indifference.
Usage - pursue your dream with great ardor.
M: hahah it's clear: Hodor! such a warm person with eagerness and zeal and spirit to
Ardor/Ardour
save Bran at any cost. RIP Hodor. your ardor for Bran was commendable.

Meaning - Demanding great effort or labor., extremely difficult

Synonyms - difficult, hard, painful, tough, strenuous.
Antonyms - light, easy, simple, painless, effortless.
Usage - The making of Picture Dictionary is arduous and taking more time than
Arduous calculated.
 Meaning - slang or jargon peculiar to a particular group.,a specialized vocabulary
used by a group
Synonyms - jargon, lingo, slang, cant, parlance.
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know.
Usage - List the argot of university campus.
Argot
M: Our goat has it's own jargon/slang/lingo/parlance, look how he talks! lol

Meaning : to stop; to seize, to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage:
Synonyms : 1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention,
apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check.
Usage : The loud noise arrested our attention.
Arrest

Meaning - An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon,

or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
Synonyms - artefact.
Antonyms - natural object
Usage - "The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of a male
Artifact
supremacy" Philip Weiss.

Meaning - Without guile or deception ; open and honest; natural

Synonyms - ingenious, uncultivated, uncultured
Antonyms - artful, disingenuous, guile, fraud
Usage - The artless bookshelf showed that the carpenter was a novice.
Artless

Meaning - A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere
self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.
Synonyms - Monk, nun, hermit, self-denying, plain, harsh.
Antonyms - hedonist, sensualist, voluptuary, comfortable, luxurious.
Ascetic Usage - Monks lead ascetic lives.
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 Meaning - Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate.
Synonyms - bitterness, sharpness, rigor, acrimony, harshness.
Antonyms - calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness.
Usage -
1. Harriet's words were full of asperity.
2. she responded with such asperity that we knew she was deeply offended by the
Asperity
question.
M: As per you wish!!?? I'm not someone who does things as per your wish please la!!

Meaning -1. An unfavorable or damaging remark.,

2. A false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation.
3. (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism.
Synonyms - Slander, abuse, defamation, slur, smear.
Antonyms - //Comment if you know
Usage -
Aspersion Thomas threw one aspersion after another at Michael.
He has flatly denied casting aspersions on the star's character.
M: as per son as per! remember her as soon as you see as per lol

Meaning - marked by care and persistent effort.

Constant in application or attention; diligent.
Synonyms - Diligent, hard-working, constant, attentive, studious.
Antonyms - lazy, inattentive, idle, careless.
Assiduous Usage - Will the assiduous efforts of Anna save the country from corruption???

Meaning -1.To Make less intense or severe.

2. To satisfy or appease
Synonyms -
Ease, soothe, mitigate, relieve, calm, palliate
Satisfy, fulfill, quench, appease, overcome
Antonyms - aggravate, intensify.
Assuage Usage -
1.An opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge.
2. He tried to assuage his Headache by taking Aspirin.
 Meaning -
1. causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues.
2. sharp/harsh or severe in manner or style.
[An Astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make or
cuts stop bleeding.]
Synonyms -
Contracting, styptic.
Severe, stern, harsh, rough, acerbic, caustic
Astringent Antonyms - non-astringent
Usage -
1. Her astringent words had their effect.
2. An astringent skin lotion.
M: Sting garne astringent. Her astringent words sting me.

Meaning -
1. the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a
political refugee.
2. an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill.
Synonyms - refuge, shelter, protection, security.
Asylum Antonyms - //Comment if you Know
Usage - Russia granted conditional asylum to Snowden.

Meaning -
1. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
2. resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents.
3. The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.
Synonyms - reversion, throwback.
Antonyms - //Comment if you Know
Usage - In his love for gardening, Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan ancestors
Atavism who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.
M: अादा भिजम् पुरा नभिजम् रे । pahila pahila aadha bhijam bhantheu aajkal pura bhijam
bhanna thaaleko thiyeu maaya maa tara aaja aayera feri aadha maatra bhijam bhanna
thaleu haina timle huhuhu lol :P
Atavism
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Meaning - To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.

Synonyms - rarefy, weaken, fade, reduce, decrease, lessen.
Antonyms - expand, increase, intensify, strengthen.
Usage -
Medicine attenuated the fever's effect.
Attenuate
The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
 Meaning : extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
Synonyms : courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless;
impertinent, forward.
Usage :1 .an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
Audacious 2. Audacious soldier of ship fought and won the war.

Meaning -
1.Rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral.
severely simple.
Synonyms - severe, hard, harsh, stern, ascetic, grim, abstinent, refraining.
Antonyms - extravagant, luxurious, indulgent, spending, calm, gentle.
Usage -
Austere
1.The Life of a saint is comparatively austere.
2.the cathedral is impressive in its austere simplicity.

Meaning : Self-governing; independent

Synonyms :
Usage : a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit.
Autonomous

Meaning - extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Synonyms - cupidity, greed, rapacity.
Antonyms - generosity, unselfishness, benevolence, extravagance.
Usage -
1.He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
2.A Month's rent was enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.
Avarice
M: ava rice pani kastoo ramro ramro maatra chainey re k jogi laai ni! katti greed ho ta
jogi bhayer ani. kasto avarice ho jogi ko ni toit lol

Meaning : To affirm; declare to be true

Synonyms : maintain
Usage : The appellate court aver the judgment of the lower court.
Aver
 Meaning -
1. a hobby or minor occupation.
2. An activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession.
Synonyms - Hobby, pastime activity
Antonyms - //Please comment if you know
Usage - Our Doctor's avocation is painting.
Avocation
M: Guitar is my Avocation!!
Avo k cha ra guitar bajaincha basincha aafu ta lol

Meaning -
1. kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person.
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of an uncle, resembling uncle
Synonyms - benevolent, toleran
Antonyms - //Please comment if you know.
Usage - Although they weren't related, she always treated Sam in an avuncular
Avuncular
manner.
M: ava uncle jastai k avuncular bhanya, friendly ra kind bhaidiney juniors harulaai

Meaning : taken for granted; self-evident truth; seems to be obviously true.

Synonyms : Unquestionable, undeniable, understood, accepted, given , granted.
Usage : When you pay them more, it is axiomatic that they will spend more.
M: Axiom: known theory, axiomatic: theory jasto; jun kura chai obviously true huncha
Axiomatic

MEANING: pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry

SYNONYMS : roman festival of bacchus
USAGE : My friend went to bacchanalia.
Bacchanalian

MEANING : Devoid/lack of freshness or originality commonplace; trite; hackneyed

SYNONYMS : commonplace; trite
USAGE: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
Banal
 Meaning - exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way, playful conversation
Synonyms - joke, pun, quip
Antonyms - //Please comment if you know
Usage - he bantered with her colleagues during a coffee break
Banter

Meaning - a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while
playing the harp, lyre, or the like
Synonyms - Poet, Singer, Lyricist, verse-maker, rhymester.
Antonyms - //Please comment if you Know
Bard Usage - The Ancient Bard Meera Bai with her Tambura.

Meaning - dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent.

Synonyms - risque, vulgar, gross, foul, dirty, rude, obscene, lewd.
Antonyms - good, clean, descent, respectable, modest, chaste.
Usage - Another of his bawdy acts
M: My shawty is Bawdy! She talks about sexual stuffs in a comical way lol. That
Bawdy
condom talk was bawdy :P
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Meaning - Proclaim one who has died to be among the blessed and holy
Synonyms - Bless, sanctify, consecrate, hallow.
Antonyms - //Please comment if you know
Usage - A cosmetologist beautifies someone living; the Pope beatifies someone
Beatify dead.

Meaning - To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner., to dress in a vulgar.

Synonyms - dizen.
Antonyms - //Please comment if you Know.
Usage - a uniform bedizened with resplendent medals,
Model bedizened with a beautiful ornament.
Bedizen M: kasto sundai jhaki jhakau gareko jasto suniney word lol. Model laai imagine garr
Bedizen bhanne bittikai.
 Meaning - A huge monstrous creature or thing., anything very large and powerful
Synonyms - giant, goliath, monster, mammoth, colossus.
Antonyms - dwarf, midget, shrimp, peewee.
Usage -
Sportscasters nicknamed the linebacker "the behemoth".
The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.
Behemoth The cartel is a behemoth that small business owners fear.
M: abbey hey katro moth ho yo! Monstrous moth! So monstrous creature that is large
and powerful like the hulk lol HulkMoth lel

Meaning - to give a false impression of (something).

Synonyms - contradict, conceal, disguise, misrepresent, distort.
Antonyms - represent, prove, verify, support.
Usage -
Her Looks belie her 50 years.
belie
The quality of the music seems to belie the criticism

Meaning -
1. Doing good or causing good to be done.
2. Performing acts of kindness or charity.
Synonyms - Benevolent, altruism, charitable, humane, philanthropic, benign.
Antonyms - unkind, mean, maleficent.
Usage -
Beneficent 1. a beneficent landowner.
2. the most beneficent regime in history.
3. a beneficent contribution was made for Nepal Aid.

Meaning : to divide into two parts

Synonyms : Separate, apart, fork
Usage : So words grow and bifurcate, diverge and dwindle, until one root has many
branches.s
M: Bifocal bhanya duita focal bhanya jastai Bifurcate bhanya chai duita maa divide
bifurcate
garnu maatra.
 Meaning: Flattery, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc
Synonyms: flattery, cajolery, wheedling, ingratiation, fawning, blarney.
Usage : Our blandishments left him unmoved.
M: Madhav Nepal le mohor raakhera raaja ko khutta maa dhogeko thyo ni sabko
agaadi that is Blandishment!
Blandishment
Bland display of blandishment by Madhav Nepal.

Meaning : Indifferent to or BORED with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess

of worldly pleasures.
Synonyms : apathetic, jaded, cloyed, sated, glutted, surfeited, world-weary.
Usage : Perhaps it's the Spanish blood, or perhaps it's because she's so blase.
M: Kti ko BLOUSE kholnu pani kunai naulo kuro bhayena malai ta aba; Blase
Blase
bhaisakyo bra/blouse kholnu ta smug face lmao :P

Meaning : To give a boost to; prop up; support, pillow , cushion

Synonyms : Cushion , strengthen, sustain, aid, reinforce, fortify.
Usage : It's going to need some of that incoming capital to bolster its businesses.
Bolster

MEANING : high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.

SYNONYMS : pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose, flowery
USAGE : Outside the polling stations, men talked in bombastic terms about freedom
and democracy.
Bombastic

MEANING : rude; insensitive, crude, unmannered

SYNONYMS : coarse, uncouth, loutish, churlish
ANTONYMS : Redined
USAGE : Can you tell the actor and the disgraced former IMF chief apart from their
Boorish boorish quotes about women?
 MEANING : Relating to the subfamily Bovinae, which includes cattle, buffalo, and
kudus.
SYNONYMS : Oxlike, cowlike, dull
USAGE: She gazed at me with her large, bovine eyes.
Bovine M: Bonish has large Bovine (Cow like) eyes. Imagine Bonish going moooo lol

MEANING : Shameless, impudent, brave, audacious(bold, brave)

[You mean that they are very bold and don not care what other people think about
them or their behavior]
SYNONYMS : brassy, insolent, defiant
USAGE : He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat.
M: People who are on brazzers.com are pretty Brazen coz they're shameless and in a
Brazen
way brave and audacious to go publicly like that without caring for other people's
opinions.

Meaning : verb: to mention for the first time

noun: a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.
Synonyms : introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance.
Usage: White was unafraid to broach the notion that life is not only mysterious but
sometimes completely inexplicable.
Broach
M: Coach always broaches someone if s/he is new on the team.

Meaning : Characteristic of the countryside/shepherds; rustic; pastoral

Synonyms : Georgic
Usage :During the day, shops were open and the relatively simple, bucolic life of a
farming village seemed to go on normally.
M: Boo Cow Like; country side type ko rustic ra pastoral life. ekdum gaau ghar tira ko
Bucolic
aananda daai simple, bucolic life.

Meaning : To grow and flourish quickly

Synonyms : sprout, bloom, blossom, mushroom, expand.
Usage: The town burgeoned into a city.
He burgeoned into a fine actor.
Burgeon
 Meaning : To polish, to make smooth and bright.
Synonyms : buff, shine.
Usage: This means that even women who are not employed in factories will get the
chance to burnish career-building skills.
Burnish

Meaning : To reinforce; support , any external prop or support built to steady a

structure by opposing its outward thrusts.
Synonyms : encourage, hearten, support, inspirit, brace, back up, reinforce, shore up.
Usage:
Buttress

Meaning: unpleasant or harsh/discordent-sounding.

Synonyms: dissonant, strident, grating, raucous.
Usage:Mr. Landon Ronald expressed sympathy with musicians who were
handicapped by cacophonous or undignified names.
Cacophonous

MEANING: to beg; sponge, to borrow without intent to repay.

SYNONYMS:
USAGE: It was an arduous day for the tribe of cadge
M: Cage(Jail) bhitra basera haat baahira nikaalera maageko imagine.
Cadge

Meaning : Thick-skinned; insensitive, unsympathetic

Synonyms: 1. hard. 2. inured, insensible, obtuse.
Usage: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
M: Haat maa callus basne manche haru ko nature pani callous like nai huncha ni
Callous thick-skinned, insensitive, dyaam ki dyaam pitdiney biraalo laai lol

MEANING: false and malicious accusation/statement; slander.

SYNONYMS: libel, vilification, calumniation, derogation.
USAGE: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration.
Calumny
 MEANING : False; deliberately misleading story
SYNONYMS: Rumors, derogatory, Baseless
USAGE: The claim that "tenure" is a guarantee of lifetime employment is a canard.
M: Canard bhaneko duck ho french maa. Duck ko quack fake huncha re.
Canard

MEANING : 1.a fundamental principle or set of general rule.

2. A basis or standard for judgment
3. A group of literary works
SYNONYMS :
Canon USAGE : the canons of good behavior.

MEANING : Insincere talk; language of a particular group, slanting or tilted position.

SYNONYMS : hypocrisy, sham, pretense, humbug.
USAGE : On the periphery, tents pitched under overpasses cant against the dirty
wind.
M: Cu nts talk are cant talk; they talk insincere and they have their own lingos and
Cant
shit.

MEANING: Disagreeable to deal with , irritable; ill-humored

SYNONYMS: Contentious, peevish
USAGE: As Allen points out, Italians are in a cantankerous mood these days.
M: Sounds like cranky, is like cranky.
Cantankerous

MEANING : subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable
change; erratic:
SYNONYMS : Witty, fanciful, variable, flighty, mercurial
USAGE : He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
Capricious

MEANING : Faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

SYNONYMS : carping, nitpicking, niggling, picky, testy
USAGE : He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
M: capture garna khojne bolda boldai fault find garera.
Captious
 MEANING : 1. Of prime importance; chief; principal, of foremost importance.
2. Of the color cardinal.
SYNONYMS: Red color bird, deep red
USAGE: Over a billion Catholics rejoiced at the announcement that cardinal Jorge
Cardinal Mario Bergoglio would be Pope Francis.

MEANING : 1. Characterized by the flesh or body; related to physical appetities;

sensal.
2. Not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly
[Feeling and desires are sexual and physical, without any spiritual element]
SYNONYMS : bodily, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, concupiscent.
Carnal USAGE : In 1927, the FBI defined rape as "the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly
and against her will.

MEANING: To find fault; complain; querulous:

SYNONYMS : criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure, Peevish complaint, captious.
USAGE : Facebook's answer to its critics is: pay no attention to the carping.
M: Car pani chalauney ping pani khelney!? Jaile estai bhanchas! Maile chai euta ni
Carping garna napaune!! Yei ho k malai man naparne tero baani!!! Lol

MEANING : Science of making maps.

SYNONYMS : The production of maps, including construction of projections, design,
compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
USAGE : Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a
Cartography science.

MEANING : Any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Especially not a country like India, which must come to terms both with its
multiculturalism and its caste and religious mix.
Caste
 MEANING :Punishment on order to correct; chastisement; criticism
SYNONYMS : 1. scold, reprove. 2. discipline, chastise, chasten.
USAGE : Rahul always has a chance to change or lay open to her mothers castigation
Castigation

MEANING : 1.A violent upheaval(especially of social or political nature) that causes

great destruction and change
2. Sudden or violent action made change on earth surface, flood, deluge
SYNONYMS : Disaster
USAGE : In the cataclysm that followed, the survival of republican government
Cataclysm
indeed was in peril(loss).

MEANING : Something that causes change

SYNONYMS : a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
USAGE : His imprisonment by the government served as the catalyst that helped
transform social unrest into revolution.
Catalyst

MEANING : 1. Absolute; without exception or condition; unqualified and

unconditional
2. Category or relating to
[Definitely and firmly upon]
SYNONYMS : positive, flat, downright.
Categorical
USAGE : Postman keep the mail in shelves categorically.

MEANING : Smaller group within an organization

SYNONYMS : a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders
and determine strategy.
USAGE : The Republican caucus in the House is 89 percent white men, says
Wasserman.
Caucus
M: Cock and Us; our small group of Homophobes in this organization Lol
 MEANING : Involving or constituting a cause.
[If there is a causal relationship between two things, one thing is responsible for
causing the other thing.]
SYNONYMS :
Causal USAGE : It's almost as if there's no causal relationship between the two!

MEANING : 1.Burning; stinging; causing corrosion or destroying the living tissue.

2. Severely critical or sarcastic.
SYNONYMS : biting, mordant, bitter, scathing, acid.
USAGE : 1. To combat the wildfire of her natural and spontaneous appeal, a caustic
air attack of firebombs ensued.
Caustic
2. He gave him a caustic remark

MEANING : concerned with sky or heavens; sublime or to the universe beyond the
earth's atmosphere, as in celestial body.
SYNONYMS : angelic, seraphic, blissful, ethereal.
USAGE : We can only thank some celestial power that he did not seek refuge in the
Celestial United States.

MEANING : Moving away from a center

SYNONYMS : pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force
USAGE : The heavier things are, the harder they are thrown out by centrifugal force.
Centrifugal

MEANING : Moving or directed toward a center

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : If this is the centripetal force pulling a planet or satellite in, it must be equal
to the centrifugal force of this latter
Centripetal

MEANING : To defend or support

SYNONYMS : winner, victor, defender, protector, maintain, fight for, advocate.
USAGE : the heavyweight boxing champion.
Champion
 MEANING : To correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue, Castigation
SYNONYMS : 1 discipline, punish. 2. humble. 3. purify, simplify.
ANTONYMS : Indulge
USAGE : Age has chastened his violent temper.
M: He fastened his seat belts and started working his ass off coz he was chastened
Chasten
by his defeat.

MEANING : Trickery; trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry:

SYNONYMS : 1. fraud, deception, knavery. 2. evasion.
USAGE : He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.
Chicanery

MEANING : The qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry

toward women.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : fair ladies and noble chivalry.
Chivalry

MEANING : Rude; boorish

SYNONYMS : 1. coarse, uncouth, vulgar, loutish; ill-natured, uncivil.
ANTONYMS : Courteous
USAGE : He showed churlish behaviour.
Churlish M: Child like; boorish

MEANING : Roundabout; not direct:

SYNONYMS : circular, winding, indirect, meandering.
ANTONYMS : straight, direct.
USAGE : A circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
Circuitous

MEANNING : Noisy outcry, a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:

SYNONYMS : 1. shouting. 2. vociferation.
USAGE : There was clamor of the crowd at the gates.
M: clam is that creature in found in the ocean that contains pearl. Imagine that
Clamor making a noisy sound like that in spongebob's alarm so noisy outcry, loud uproar
 MEANING : A small, exclusive group; coterie; set.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : A clique of GOP lawmakers say the debt ceiling crisis is a hoax.
M: sounds like Pique, he is among the best defenders among very few group/set. so
Clique clique is a small, exclusive group.

MEANING: To confine; seclude, a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or

convent.
SYNONYMS : Abbey, priory.
USAGE : For five years Angelique lived and grew there, as if in a cloister, far away
from the world.
Cloister M: Oyster lives in ocean secluded from the world and inside a shell on top of that. so
cloister is secluded/confined like a oyster.

MEANING: Thicken; to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal:
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1.Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates.
2. Let the blood coagulate before it run too much.
Coagulate

MEANING : To cause to become one

SYNONYMS : 1. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.
USAGE : 1. The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
2. Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
Coalesce M: Sheldon Cooper screaming, "The ideas won't coalesce!"

MEANING : concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that

summarizes or concludes
SYNONYMS : Summarize, conclude
USAGE : It has also, sadly, turned out to be the coda for its director's career.
Coda
 MEANING: 1. To systematize ; to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.
2. To reduce (law, rule etc.) by code
SYNONYMS : classify, catalog, order, organize, group.
USAGE : I continue to believe that whenever we can codify something through
legislation, it is on firmer ground.
Codify M: Codes should be codified, code haru pani systemize garera lekhnu parcha,
systematic collection maa raakhnu parcha.

MEANING : 1. Informed; conscious; aware

2. Having legal cognizance or jurisdiction.
SYNONYMS : Perceive, sentient,discern, Apprise.
USAGE : 1. He was cognizant of the difficulty.
2. I am cognizant of the learning curve and the importance of understanding the
Cognizant process of manufacturing, concept to delivery.
M: Relating to cognition, so, conscious, informed, aware.

MEANING: Artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage

of diverse elements
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers
Collage into a unique work of art.

MEANING: Corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree; Proportional or

adequate.
SYNONYMS : Having the same measure; of equal extent or duration
USAGE : 1. Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
Commensurate 2. A solution commensurate to the seriousness of the problem.

MEANING : brief, comprehensive summary, a full list or inventory.

SYNONYMS : Epitome, abridgment, survey, digest, conspectus, report
USAGE : Ultimately, though, it feels like more of a compendium piece than a fully
formed documentary.
Compendium
 MEANING : self-satisfied, pleased especially with oneself.
SYNONYMS : pleasant , complaisant, smug, unbothered, untroubled.
USAGE: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
Complacent

MEANING : overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others.

SYNONYMS : inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious;
compliant:
USAGE : the most complaisant child I've ever met.
Complaisant Complaisant
Image:

MEANING : 1. something that completes or makes perfect.

2. the quantity or amount that completes anything.
SYNONYMS : full quantity or amount.
USAGE : A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
Complement

MEANING : 1.Comply, obeying ,obliging , yielding

2. manufactured or produced
[If you say something is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked
to do.]
SYNONYMS : complaisant
Compliant USAGE : 1. A women with a compliant nature.
2. Energy Star-compliant computers.

MEANING : uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt or doing wrong

SYNONYMS : hesitation, uneasiness
USAGE : This is a man who has traveled to Iran and China with no compunction.
M: कम hawa or puncture bhaako cycle chalayo bhaney uneasiness huncha ani
anxiety pani yo sochera ki maile pailai haawa kina haalina hey bhagwaan i feel guilty,
Compunction
i didn't do the right thing lel

MEANING : Curving inward

SYNONYMS : obsolete, hollow.
USAGE :
Concave
 MEANING : 1. overcoming distrust or hostility.
2. To win or gain (goodwill, regard or favor)
SYNONYMS : to compatible, reconcile.
USAGE : Conciliatory efforts in the dispute proved fruitless.
Conciliatory

MEANING : 1. to invent; prepare or make

2. To devise, make up , contrive
SYNONYMS : invent, fabricate, hatch.
USAGE : 1. to concoct a meal from leftovers.
Concoct 2. To concoct an excuse.

MEANING : existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way;

accompanying; concurrent:
[Concomitant is used to describe something that happens at the same time as
another thing and is connected with it]
SYNONYMS : Associate
Concomitant USAGE : an event and its concomitant circumstances.
M: -------------

MEANING : to overlook voluntarily; forgive or pardon

[If someone condone behavior that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to
happen]
SYNONYMS : to give approval,
USAGE : 1. His employers are willing to condone the exaggerations they uncovered
in his résumé.
Condone
2. The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.
M: Never condone a condom lol unless you want more pleasure ;P

MEANING : to baffle; perplex or amaze; mix up or associate, confused or disorder

SYNONYMS : dumbfound, daze, nonplus, astound.
USAGE : The complicated directions confounded him.
Confound
 MEANING :1. Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character:
2. suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.; compatible:
similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
SYNONYMS : friendly; suited to, favorable, pleasant, complaisant, sympathetic.
ANTONYMS : Disagreeable
USAGE : 1. Congenial surrounding
Congenial
2. Congenial couple
M: Like that genie from Alaadin, congenial, aggreable, pleasing in nature etc

MEANING : 1. pertaining to marriage agreement.

2. relating to, or characteristic of marriage.
SYNONYMS: Matrimonial, nuptial, connubial,marital.
USAGE : conjugal visits are allowed in Peruvian prisons if couples register as
common-law partners, as the two lovebirds are.
Conjugal
M: kam juggad; kum juggad laaunu parcha budi laai fakauna ram ram lol

MEANING : expert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or training

SYNONYMS : critic, aesthete.
USAGE : As any connoisseur of good food knows, this kind of copying happens all
the time.
Connoisseur

MEANING : 1.a person compulsorily enrolled for military service.

2.to draft for military or naval service.
SYNONYMS : induct, impress, recruit, mobilize.
USAGE : It was 1951 and I was a conscript serving in the Royal Air Force.
Conscript

MEANING: to declare or dedicate to sacred(related to region or deity(god or

goddess))
SYNONYMS : sanctify, venerate, devote.
USAGE : 1. a life consecrated to science.
2. to consecrate a new church building.
Consecrate
M: consecrated: devoted
 MEANING : 1. to struggle in opposition; strive in rivalry; compete.
2. to assert or maintain earnestly
SYNONYMS : wrestle, grapple, battle, fight ,compete, argue, wrangle,hold, claim.
USAGE : to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
Contend

MEANING: quarrelsome; causing quarrels

SYNONYMS: arguing or controversy, disputatious, argumentative.
USAGE: contentious crew
Contentious

MEANING : touching or contact; neighboring or in close proximity without actually

touching; near.
SYNONYMS : bordering, adjoining, abutting. 2. adjacent.
USAGE : There are only 22 million people in an area about the size of the contiguous
48 States of the United States.
Contiguous M: continuously joddeko
continuously touching or in close proximity without actually touching

MEANING : self-control; abstention or abstinence from sexual activity

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : She bore her husband five children at once and then took a vow of
continence.
M: No Fap is continence. People do No Fap in different continents and take a vow of
Continence
continence.

MEANING : very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness

SYNONYMS :rueful, remorseful, repentant.
USAGE : After a few rounds of phone tag, she spent seven minutes on the line with a
contrite President Obama.
M: con who has gone right and now is very sorrowful for his wrong doing and is
Contrite
asking for forgiveness.
 MEANING: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
SYNONYMS : contrary, pigheaded, factious, refractory, headstrong, intractable.
USAGE : Nowdays donkey in trible is very contumacious
M: kattu maa aachi gari halne jati j bhaneni; jatti bhaneni namanne stubborn and
willfully and obstinately disobedient and jaani jaani kattu maa aachi garne
Contumacious
contumacious.

MEANING: riddle; puzzle with no solution

SYNONYMS: enigmatic or dark saying
USAGE:It is a sobering truth that has long term implications for U.S. patience in
dealing with the Afghan-Pakistan conundrum.
Conundrum

MEANING : 1.practice widely observed in a group.

2.custom or rule ; accepted technique or device
3.an agreement, compact, or contract.
SYNONYMS : Assembly, conference, convocation
Convention USAGE : the convention(rule) of showing north at the top of a map.

MEANING: to approach; come together; tend to meet

SYNONYMS: focus, common result or conclusion
USAGE: Illegal aliens come from all over the world to converge on the Arizona,
California, and New Mexico borders.
Converge

MEANING: curved outward

SYNONYMS:
USAGE: The pileus is fleshy, convex, then expanded, and at length depressed.
Convex

MEANING: sociable, friendly

SYNONYMS: jovial, festive, befitting a feast, companionable, genial.
USAGE: convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating
M: con vivacious
Convivial he is very vivacious and convivial.
 MEANING: twisted or coiled; complicated
SYNONYMS: complex, sinuous, anfractuous, labyrinthine, meandering, abstract.
USAGE: a convoluted way of describing a simple device.
Convoluted

MEANING : large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful:

SYNONYMS : Bountiful, ample
ANTONYMS : Scanty, scarce, meager
USAGE : After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom,
Copious I found my clothing and got dressed.

MEANING : woman who flirts; a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win
their admiration and affection.
SYNONYMS : tease , vamp
USAGE : People called her a coquette --the most dangerous of coquette s, because
Coquette she was not a cold one.

MEANING : horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance

SYNONYMS : an abundant, overflowing supply.
USAGE : The plane was overflowing with a cornucopia of luxury food and amenities,
as if destined for Paris.
M: Pornucopia: lots of porn in the world; abundance of it
Cornucopia
So cornucopia: a state of abundance

MEANING : study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of
the universe
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Whether those facts match the cosmology of an Iron Age text is not their
Cosmology problem.

MEANING : Hidden; secret; covering ;Sheltered;Concealed; disguised

SYNONYMS : Clandestine, surreptitious, furtive
USAGE : Meantime, the thinking about U.S. covert military operations is going
forward.
Covert
 MEANING :desiring something owned by another, greedy
SYNONYMS : grasping, rapacious, avaricious.
USAGE : His covetous, despairing eyes dwelt on her and clung(hold tight, attached
or adhere) about her.
Covetous M: --------------

MEANING : to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve, cheat

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : do not think to cozen your contemporaries
M: ko zen? ya sabbai cozen garne chai chan
Cozen sabbai le jhelli garna khojchan

MEANING : cowardly, timid, contemptibly, pusillanimous

SYNONYMS : Timorous, dastardly, fearful
USAGE : President in his political path , he say no to craven characteristic
Craven

MEANING : Acceptance of something as true.

SYNONYMS : belief in truth,credit, faith, confidence
USAGE : leader of a local anti-corruption organization, lent some credence to this
conception.
Credence

MEANING : statement of belief or principle; creed(system or religion of belief)

SYNONYMS : Doctrine, tenet, philosophy
USAGE : He published a book "trust us we're EXPERTS" which says credo of
marketing experts.
Credo M: Credo are credible because credos are statement of belief or principle.

MEANING : to discourage; intimidate; to overcome with fear; dishearten

SYNONYMS : Frighten, dispirit, subdue,dismay, overawe
ANTONYMS : Encourage
USAGE : Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
Daunt
 MEANING : an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1.There is a dearth of good engineers.
2. There was dearth of water in the valley for supply.
Dearth

MEANING : 1. corruption, seduction from duty, allegiance(devoted toward

goverment), or virtue.
2. Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.
Debauchery

MEANING: Proper behavior, dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

SYNONYMS: Politeness, manners, dignity, etiquette
USAGE : they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency.
Decorum

MEANING : To malign; harm someone's reputation.

SYNONYMS : Dishonor, disgrace, To accuse, disparage, discredit, vilify, derogate,
revile, denigrate, backbite
USAGE : The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
Defame

to fail to act

Default

MEANING : Respect or courteous; regard for another's wish

SYNONYMS : reverent or reverence, venerate, redoubtable
Antonyms: Abase
USAGE : I enjoyed that combination of deference and the respect being paid to
Deference Nixon.
 MEANING :1. no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning
2. no longer in existence; dead; extinct:
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : a defunct law; a defunct organization, defunct person.
Defunct

MEANING : to represent or depict, to portray in words; describe or outline with

precision.
SYNONYMS : Trace, sketch
USAGE : 1. He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
Delineate 2. In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care.

MEANING : Related to population balance, social statistics.

SYNONYMS : Number of death or births, specific population having shared
characteristics
USAGE : The producers were looking for a show that would appeal to the 18-34
Demographic demographic.

MEANING : Pertaining or related to people; popular

SYNONYMS : relating to or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing or language
, related to ordinary.
USAGE: 1. a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms.
Demotic 2. Demotic script of ancient Egypt between 700 BC and AD 500 are still exsist.

MEANING : to express doubt or objection ; question or oppose

SYNONYMS : linger , hinder, scruple, qualm, misgiving.
ANTONYMS : Agree, accede.
USAGE : They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
Demur

MEANING : to slur someone's reputation or defame ,sully , to speak damagingly of,

criticizing
SYNONYMS : spoil reputation, malign, besmirch, slander, traduce, disparage, vilify.
USAGE : To denigrate someone's contributions to a project.
Denigrate
 MEANING : an inhabitant; resident; a regular visitor or habitue, anything adapted to a
new place, condition, etc.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1. the denizen of local bar.
Denizen 2. Sister lara was denizen to gardening in her house.

MEANING : outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature

SYNONYMS : solution, conclusion, end, upshot.
USAGE : The denouement of her career came on October 25, 1944, when she sold
out Carnegie Hall.
Denouement [dey-noo-mahn]

MEANING : one who can predict the future.

SYNONYMS : Psychic, telepathic, predictive, intuitive, empathic, prophetic
USAGE : Not being clairvoyant, I did not foresee the danger of ignoring her advice.
Clairvoyant [klair-voi-uh nt]

MEANING :To mock , to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at.

SYNONYMS : Ridicule , taunt, flout, gibe, banter, rally
USAGE : I am angry with all those in France who jumped at the occasion to deride
the American justice system, and America in general.
Deride

MEANING : Something derived; unoriginal or secondary.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The new idea of making the said Dorito shell spicier and adding a splash of
lime is derivative at best.
Derivative

MEANING : To dry completely, dry up

SYNONYMS : preserve (food) by removing moisture, dehydrate
USAGE : I came out that land in Tajikistan was desiccated.
Desiccate
 MEANING : The state of being no longer used or practiced, state of disuse.
SYNONYMS : Defunct
USAGE : In country side , people saw desuetude farmhouse.
Desuetude [des-wi-tood, -tyood]

MEANING : Random; disconnected; rambling, lacking in consistency, constancy, or

visible order, disconnected; fitful
SYNONYMS : Irregular, haphazard.
USAGE : 1.Desultory conversation.
Desultory 2. He always has desultory target or goals in his life.

MEANING : something that discourages ,hinders or deter (prevent , discourage or

restraint from attack)
SYNONYMS : restraint, curb, check, hindrance.
USAGE :Police dog is deterrent to crime.
Deterrent

MEANING : the act of disparaging or belittling(slighting, derogate - reduce or lower)

the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.
SYNONYMS : the act of taking something away.
USAGE : Any kind of work is no detraction from its dignity or prestige.
Detraction

MEANING : transparent or translucent; vague; insubstancial

SYNONYMS : Very sheer and light.
USAGE : As the audience enters, the diaphanous curtains onstage are gently blowing
in the breezes of the Amalfi coast.
Diaphanous Diaphanous
Image:

MEANING : bitter verbal attack, a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or

criticism.
SYNONYMS : tirade, harangue
USAGE : repeated diatribes against the senator.
Diatribe
 MEANING : Division into two usually contradictory parts.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : a dichotomy between thought and action.
Dichotomy

MEANING : shyness; lack of confidence, act of diffident(lack of confidence , timid or

shy)
SYNONYMS : Diffident
USAGE : Boy student was diffidence to come in front of class and read his blog
Diffidence writing.

MEANING : to spread out or scatter, to pour out.

SYNONYMS : Dispersed
USAGE : The protests so far have relied on a small group of core organizing bodies
to harness broad but diffuse support.
Diffuse

MEANING : Act of straying from the main point

SYNONYMS : Deviation, divergence
USAGE : Without apologising for this digression, we return to the thread of our tale.
Digression or digress

MEANING : Funeral hymn, song or tune or one expressing mourning in

commemoration of the dead.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer.
Dirge

MEANING : Free from a misconception, deception or error.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Teacher disabuse the student spelling in there essay.
Disabuse
 MEANING : perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement
SYNONYMS : showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding; perceive,
aware, recognize.
USAGE : a discerning critic of French poetry.
Discerning

MEANING : to make uneasy; disconcert or to confuse or deject

SYNONYMS : thwart, foil , frustrate,to defeat utterly; rout
USAGE :1. To be discomfited by a question.
2.The army was discomfited in every battle.
Discomfit

MEANING : Not in tune or disagreeable to ear, harsh, dissonant

SYNONYMS : being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous
USAGE : 1. Discordant opinions.'
2. Crime, fiscal recklessness, and homelessness are stirring like discordant strains of
Discordant music.

MEANING : To dishonor; disgrace

SYNONYMS : defame, to give no credence
USAGE : Opposition is making effort to discredit honest politicians
Discredit

MEANING : difference between or inconsistency

SYNONYMS : Incongruity, disagreement, discordance, contrariety, variance,
variation.
USAGE : There are certain discrepancies between the two versions of the story.
Discrepancy

MEANING : Apart or detached from others; separate; distinct

SYNONYMS : Different , individual, unconnected.
USAGE : The machine has six discrete parts and sector.
Discrete
 MEANING : the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment;
freedom of judgment or choice:
SYNONYMS : self opinion, judgment, wisdom, discrimination, sense.
USAGE : It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay
Discretion

MEANING : Lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically

ingenuous; insincere
SYNONYMS : not candid, crafty
USAGE : Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
Disingenuous

MEANING : Unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish

motives.
SYNONYMS : impartial, neutral, unprejudiced, dispassionate
ANTONYMS : Partial, biased
Disinterested USAGE :

MEANING : lacking order or coherence; dislocated

SYNONYMS : separated; disunited.
USAGE : Raphael aims at the loveliness which cannot be disjoined from goodness.
Disjointed

MEANING : 1.to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go, give permission to
depart.
2. To discard or reject, put aside
SYNONYMS : fire reject, disperse
ANTONYMS : Recall, hire, accept
Dismiss USAGE : 1. After a perfunctory discussion, he dismissed the idea.
2. I dismissed the class early.

MEANING : To lessen or lower the value or price ,To belittle, slightly, derogate,
depreciate.
SYNONYMS : ridicule, discredit, mock, demean, denounce, detract, defame,
derogate.
Disparage USAGE :Your behavior will disparage the whole family.
 MEANING : Distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar.
SYNONYMS : separate, divergent, in-commensurable, unlike.
USAGE : The men on the street was disparating that in america 99% is poor and 1% is
rich.
Disparate

MEANING : 1. To pretend; to give a false or misleading appearance to.

2. Obsolete. to let pass unnoticed; ignore
SYNONYMS : Mask, hide, camouflage, dissimulate, prevaricate
USAGE : But it apparently made it easier for Pentagon officials to dissemble about
Dissemble them.

MEANING : To spread; scatter; disperse

SYNONYMS : Broadcast, promulgate
USAGE : To disseminate information about preventive medicine.
Disseminate

MEANING : the act or process of resolving or dissolving, Break up or dispersal,

dismissal , the resulting state.
SYNONYMS : disintegration;
USAGE : If any situation feels like a struggle, seek its dissolution.
Dissolution

MEANING : discord; lack of harmony

SYNONYMS : Harsh, cacophony, incongruity
USAGE : They concentrated, tuned, turned their thoughts against the dissonance.
Dissonance

MEANING : to expand; swell out, stretch

SYNONYMS : enlarge, bloat.
ANTONYMS : Shrink , contract
USAGE : Habitual overeating had distended his stomach.
Distend
 MEANING : Extract the essential elements, purify
SYNONYMS : Refined, abstract.
USAGE : to distill out impurities.
Distill

MEANING : Person who disagrees about beliefs

SYNONYMS : disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude:
USAGE: a ban on dissident magazines.
Dissident

MEANING : inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded,

preoccupied
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : She rose a moment later, and stood, distrait, looking out across the sunlit
Distrait world.

MEANING : To vary; go in different directions from the same point.

SYNONYMS : separate, deviate, fork.
USAGE : It is on this point that Liz and I begin to diverge in our travel philosophies.
Diverge

MEANING : 1. to strip(cloths or ornament);

2 To strip or deprive(someone or something especially rights);
3. Rid of or free form.
SYNONYMS : unclothe, denude.
Divest USAGE: He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision.

MEANING : To make known something that is secret

SYNONYMS : To disclose or reveal (something private or secret)
USAGE : She refuses to divulge the name of the man who truly stole her heart.
Divulge
 MEANING : To provide with written evidence to support
SYNONYMS : Evidence , written proof
USAGE : The document transferred $5 million of her fortune to her son
Document

Meaning : a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient
regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
SYNONYMS : dogmatic; unyielding, authoritarian, uncompromising, inflexibe
ANTONYMS : reasonable, flexible.
USAGE : It has been well said of him that he never became either a pedant or a
Doctrinaire
doctrinaire.

MEANING : Rude, crude, poor ,poor verse(verse-stanza,piece of poetry)

SYNONYMS : comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure.
USAGE :
Doggerel

MEANING : Stating opinions without proof.

SYNONYMS : arbitrary, imperious, dictatorial.
USAGE : I refuse to argue with someone so dogmatic that he won't listen to reason.
Dogmatic

MEANING : Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive,; torpid(Slow , dull , sluggish).

SYNONYMS : quiescent,inactive,latent.
ANTONYMS : Awake, active.
USAGE : The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
Dormant

MEANING : waste; worthless matter

SYNONYMS : refuse, trash
USAGE :Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for
the finer.
Dross
 MEANING : The person who get deceived or fool; trick
SYNONYMS : Duplicate
USAGE : 1. a dupe of the opponents.
2. It was a beautified camp the Nazis used to dupe international visitors and officials.
Dupe

MEANING : Exhilarated; overly enthusiastic, High - Spirited

SYNONYMS : overflowing with fervor or excitment
USAGE : The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
Ebullient

MEANING : Selecting or chosing from various sources

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1.He was eclectic in composing music for his album.
2. Julie & Amy has a team of architects and interior decoration , famous for eclectic
Eclectic way in there work.

MEANING : 1. state of high spirits or liveliness; 2. Process of bubbling as gas escapes

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The parents effervesced with pride over their new baby
Effervesce

MEANING : Lacking in wholesome vigor(active force or strength); degenerate;

decadent, exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out, unable to produce , sterile.
SYNONYMS : Enervated, debilitated
USAGE : An effete political force.
Effete

MEANING : effectiveness; efficiency, capacity for producing a desired result or

effect
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : A remedy of great efficacy.
Efficacy
 MEANING : Shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity,
presumptuousness
SYNONYMS : Impertinence, cheek, impudence
USAGE : She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
effrontery

MEANING : The tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness

SYNONYMS : Selfishness, Conceit
USAGE : In the seventeenth century men still had the courage of their egoism.
Egoism

MEANING : Excessively self-centered; conceited

SYNONYMS : Vain, boastful, opinionated , selfish
USAGE : He is competitive and intense, but not egotistical or consumed by power
Egotistical

MEANING : Poem or song expressing lamentation

SYNONYMS : a sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem.
USAGE : A Colonel Pickering died of it, on whom the chaplain wrote an elegy.
Elegy

MEANING : To provoke; draw out, educe, evoke.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE :
1. He tried to elicit a response of Obama with a question.
Elicit 2. to elicit the truth;

MEANING : A substance believed to have the power to cure ills

SYNONYMS : cure-all; sovereign remedy.
USAGE : My dear mother packed a bottle of Daffy's elixir in the barrel of my pistol.
Elixir [ih-lik-ser]
 MEANING : delightful; blissful
SYNONYMS : Related to
USAGE : The point is a nice one, and perhaps ere(before) this the two friends have
met and discussed it in the Elysian fields.
Elysian

MEANING : Thin(by lack of nutrition or by disease) and wasted

SYNONYMS : thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny.
USAGE : It took about 20 minutes to convince the emaciated hiker to let them carry
him to the helicopter.
Emaciated [ih-mey-shee-ey-tid]

MEANING : 1. To adorn, to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament;

2. To enhance
SYNONYMS : decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
USAGE : If the actual facts are so repugnant to you, then why embellish them?
Embellish

MEANING : Having the power of softening or relaxing, soothing; mollifying

SYNONYMS : Relieving, healing, palliative, assuasive.
USAGE : Emollient lotions for the face.
Emollient

MEANING : Derived from observation or experiment

[study that implies to practical and not theories.]
SYNONYMS : practical, firsthand, pragmatic.
ANTONYMS : secondhand, theoretical.
Empirical USAGE : Modern age paints is empirical to paints used in the old-age.
Empirical
Image:

MEANING : to imitate(imitate with effort to equal or surpass); copy, to try to equal or

excel, to rival with some degree of success
SYNONYMS : Mimic (copy ), follow
USAGE : To emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
Emulate
 MEANING : A formal expression of praise,
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An encomium by the president greeted the returning hero.
Encomium

MEANING : Inherent; belonging to a specific area, native indigenous

SYNONYMS : Belong to particular place.
USAGE : 1. Countries where high unemployment is endemic.
2. A fever endemic to the tropics.
Endemic

MEANING : To weaken, to deprive of force or strength, destroy of vigor

SYNONYMS : Exhaust, sap, debilitate, enfeeble.
USAGE : She was careful not to enervate him by luxury or weak indulgence.
Enervate

MEANING : To cause; produce or give rise to, procreate, to beget.

SYNONYMS : generate, breed, , create, beget, occasion, excite, stir up
USAGE : Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.
Engender

MEANING : To increase; improve

SYNONYMS : Intensify, magnify , increase
USAGE : Rarity enhances the worth of old coins
Enhance

MEANING : The scientific study of insects

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : One of our masters of entomology did me the honour to visit my
laboratory.
Entomology Entomology
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 MEANING : To utter or pronounce clearly
SYNONYMS : announce, proclaim, to state or declare definite
USAGE : He enunciate the word distinctly.
Enunciate

MEANING : Short-lived; fleeting, lasting very short.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1. The ephemeral joys of childhood.
2. An ephemeral flower.
Ephemeral

MEANING : Branch of philosophy that examines the origin, nature and limits of
knowledge
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : epistemology, or theory of knowledge, did not begin in modern times.
Epistemology

MEANING : Free from many changes or variations; uniform, steady; unvarying;

serene
SYNONYMS : Uniform, steady
USAGE : In Arizona has equable climate
Equable

MEANING : Mental or emotional stability or composure, calmness, equilibrium.

SYNONYMS : serenity, self-possession, aplomb
ANTONYMS : panic, disquiet, agitation , discomposure
USAGE: But by evening the Admiral's equanimity was not quite so perfect.
Equanimity

MEANING : intentionally use vague(unclear) language, to use ambiguous or unclear

expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead.
SYNONYMS: dodge, stall,evade.
USAGE : When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only
Equivocate equivocated.
 MEANING : Mistaken; straying or deviate from the proper course
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Burns smiled as a king might upon a young knight seeking an errant.
Errant

MEANING : Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : University of Stanford has erudite professor.
Erudite

MEANING: 1.Understood by or meant for only the select few who have special
knowledge or interest; recondite
2. hard to understand; known only to a few private, secret, confidential.
SYNONYMS : abstruse, arcane, cryptic(puzzling, mysterious), enigmatic(Puzzling,
mysterious, perplexing)
Esoteric USAGE : 1. Poetry full of esoteric allusions.
2. The painting the gallery was full of esoteric allusions.

MEANING : An effort or attempt to perform or accomplish something ; a short

literary composition on a particular theme or subject
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : And yet she chose to write her essay about giving up on ballet, rather than
Essay persevering once she'd tired of it.

MEANING : Deserving respect or admiration , admirable; , worthy of esteem,

possible to estimate.
SYNONYMS : reputable, respectable, admirable, laudable, meritorious, excellent,
good.
ANTONYMS : Contemptible
Estimable
USAGE : And what do the wives of our estimable M.P.'s think of all this?

MEANING : 1. Based on the attitude the one's group is superior

2. a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The most intense patriots are often ethnocentric and chauvinistic.
Ethnocentric
 MEANING : Causes or origins of diseases, study of causation
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Friendship is the trump card in the movement for equality, not etiology.
Etiology

MEANING : The derivation of a word or origin an history of a word

SYNONYMS : the study of historical linguistic change, especially as manifested in
individual words.
USAGE :
Etymology

MEANING : Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race
and ways to improve those qualities, especially with reproduction
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : I try so hard not to be afraid of women, for I know they are necessary to
Eugenics eugenics.

MEANING : high praise to a death or deceased person

SYNONYMS :
USAGE :
Eulogy

MEANING : Use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of offensive language

SYNONYMS : the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one

thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

Euphemism
USAGE : "To pass away" is a euphemism for "to die.".
Euphemism
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MEANING : Feeling of extreme happiness and self confidence.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : She was flooded with euphoria as she went to the podium to receive her
Student Research Award.
Euphoria
 MEANING : Mercy killing , the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die
SYNONYMS : Painless death
USAGE : When I am too old to work and ready for euthanasia I shall have you come
and talk me to death.
Euthanasia

MEANING : To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.

SYNONYMS : Display , to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.)
USAGE : I shall be happy, on every occasion, to evince my regard for the Fraternity
Evince

MEANING : tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

SYNONYMS : tendency to evoke
USAGE : A short evocative passage that manages to remember smells, colors,
sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.
Evocative

MEANING : To aggravate; make worse, to increase the severity, bitterness, or

violence of
SYNONYMS :Irritate, exasperate, intensify, inflame, worsen.
ANTONYMS : Relieve, soothe, alleviate.
Exacerbate USAGE : In basketball match one player exacerbate another player

MEANING : 1. strictly accurate or correct: precise, as opposed to approximate

2. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
SYNONYMS : careful, punctilious, demanding
ANTONYMS : Imprecise
Exact USAGE : He asked me to use exact amount of material.

MEANING : To clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : I did not attempt to answer the colonel, nor to exculpate myself
Exculpate
 MEANING : Very bad, utterly detestable, abominable , detertable; abhorrent
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An execrable stage performance.
Execrable

MEANING : To urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently,

recommendation, warning.
SYNONYMS : encourage, spur, press, goad.
USAGE : I exhort you not to lose breath, nor to faint in your journey.
Exhort

MEANING : Urgency crisis; urgent requirements, demand

SYNONYMS : Crisis, contingency, plight, strait, predicament, fix , pinch
USAGE : He promised to help in any exigency
Exigency

MEANING : Having to do with existence

SYNONYMS : the act or fact of existing
USAGE : An existential hero.
The world of sports is having something of an existential crisis, or at least it should
Existential be.

MEANING : To expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : to exorcise a demon.
Exorcise

MEANING : To speak or write at length, copious in description or discussion.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : To expatiate upon a theme.
Expatiate
 MEANING : To send into exile, to banish (a person) from his or her native country
SYNONYMS:
USAGE : He expatriated from his homeland.
Expatriate

MEANING : To atone for;to make amends(compensation) or reparation, as for an

offense or a crime, or for an offender
SYNONYMS : punish
USAGE : 1. To expiate one's crimes.
Expiate 2. An attempt of expiate by sacrifice.

MEANING : To explain;interpret;clarify
SYNONYMS : To develop(principle, theory etc.)
USAGE : But Marie say there is the miss understand in our letters she cannot
explicate.
Explicate

MEANING : Of the nature of exposition or explanatory

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An Expository essay
Expository

MEANING : In existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost.

SYNONYMS : Standing out , protruding
USAGE : There are only three extant copies of the document.
Extant

MEANING : done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation;,

SYNONYMS : unrehearsed, impromptu
ANTONYMS : memorized
USAGE : an extemporaneous speech, letter or acting
Extemporaneous
 MEANING : 1. To root up; to destroy, to remove totally; do away with; exterminate.
2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : To extirpate an unwanted planets
Extirpate

MEANING : Not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign, Not essential,

irrelevant, not pertinent
SYNONYMS: extrinsic, alien, adventitious, inappropriate, superfluous
ANTONYMS : intrinsic, pertinent, relevant.
Extraneous USAGE : extraneous substances in our water.

MEANING : The act of estimation by projecting known information

SYNONYMS : prediction
USAGE : An extrapolation from the fact that there was vegetation below.
Extrapolation

MEANING : Not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous.

SYNONYMS : external, outward, being outside the thing.
USAGE : facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
Extrinsic

MEANING : Not meant to be taken seriously or literally.

SYNONYMS : Amusing; humorous, frivolous.
USAGE : 1. A facetious remark.
2. Barak Obama and his security chief did a facetious act.
Facetious

MEANING : To make easier or less difficult; help forward

SYNONYMS : To assist the progress of (a person).
USAGE : Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
Facilitate
 MEANING : A person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work
around the house.; a handyman.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He had a factotum named Charley Green who was his valet, cook, hostler
Factotum and assistant surveyor.

MEANING : Based on a false idea or fact; misleading

SYNONYMS : deceptive,disappointing; delusive, contain a fallay.
USAGE : fallacious arguments.
Fallacious

MEANING : plowed and left unseeded(not sowed) for a season or more;

uncultivated..
SYNONYMS : not in use; inactive:
USAGE : My creative energies have lain fallow this year.
Fallow

MEANING : foolishly self-satisfied, foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious,

complacent manner; silly.
SYNONYMS : unreal; illusory, dense, dull, dim-witted
USAGE : Pink dress made the lady on stage fatuous.
Fatuous

MEANING : the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : You think of the rainforest as this incredibly abundant place of fauna and
animals and flora.
Fauna

MEANING : 1. seeking flavor by flattering

2. a young deer, especially an unweaned one
SYNONYMS : toady, truckle, flatter, kowtow.
USAGE : He never had at college even; he was as ready to fawn the next day.
Fawn
 MEANING : well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt;
appropriate:
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
Felicitous

MEANING : Existing in a wild or untamed or natural state

SYNONYMS : a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
USAGE : a pack of feral dogs and pig roaming the woods.
Feral

MEANING : Great warmth and earnestness of feeling, warmth and intensity of

emotion.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : To speak with great fervor.
Fervor

MEANING : having an offensive odor; stinking, having a bad smell.

SYNONYMS : malodorous, smelly, noisome.
USAGE : Many people remain stuck in all-black townships and fetid squatter camps,
with no water, indoor toilets, or electricity.
Fetid

MEANING : To bind, chain or shackle; confine or restrains

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.
Fetter

MEANING : arbitray order; authorization, sanction, or order,

SYNONYMS : Decree
USAGE : The king ruled by fiat.
Fiat
 MEANING : loyalty; exact correspondence, strict observance of promises, duties.
SYNONYMS : accuracy; exactness:
USAGE: The speech was transcribed with great fidelity.
Fidelity

MEANING : Use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : I was so proud of him, to see him in that 21-hour filibuster, that gave me
great hope.
Filibuster

MEANING : To handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; refined in performance,

skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation
SYNONYMS : tact, diplomacy, savoir faire, circumspection, sensitivity, sensibility.
USAGE : Exceptional diplomatic finesse.
Finesse

MEANING : Crevice, a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : But both sides of this American fissure create a life lived less than fully.
Fissure

MEANING : To droop; grow weak

SYNONYMS : dwindle, wilt, slump, sag, wane.
USAGE : The Medicine Bundle of the tribe is as sacred to them as our flag is to us.
Flag

MEANING : beginner; novice,to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Human interference may have been largely responsible for the fledging of
the young at nine days.
Fledging or Fledge
 MEANING : Plants of a region or era
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He made a hobby of learning about the flowers he planted and the flora
around them.
Flora

MEANING : 1.Embellishment or ornamentation.

2. To be successful; prosper
3. To be in a vigorous state; thrive:
SYNONYMS : Prime time, Height of fame and excellence, burgeon
Flourish USAGE : a period in which flower flourished.

MEANING : To treat with disdain, Worthless and disrespect, scorn, or contempt;

scoff at; mock
SYNONYMS : Deride, unsatisfied
USAGE : To flout the rules of propriety.
Flout

MEANING : Flowing; a continuous moving

SYNONYMS : course, current, flood, stream.
USAGE : His political views are in a state of flux.
flux

MEANING : 1. Promote the growth or development of.

2. To apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the
body).
SYNONYMS : incite, provoke, arouse, inflame, excite, stir up; encourage, stimulate.
Foment USAGE : To foment trouble; to foment discontent.
Foment
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MEANING : Patience, the act of forbearing(refrain, abstain, desist from ); a refraining

from something.
SYNONYMS : abstinence. 2. tolerance, toleration, sufferance; indulgence.
USAGE :
Forbearance
 MEANING : To prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance; delay
SYNONYMS : 1. preclude, obviate, intercept, obstruct. 2. prevent, avert.
USAGE : To forestall a riot by deploying police.
Forestall

MEANING : Menacing; threatening, causing fear, apprehension, or dread

SYNONYMS : Appalling, fearful, frightful, horrible.
ANTONYMS : Pleasant
USAGE : Mark is formidable to height.
Formidable Formidable
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MEANING : To reject or renounce under oath, deny or repudiate

SYNONYMS : Perjure, abjure, relinquish, forgo, forsake, abandon.
USAGE : To forswear an injurious habit.
Forswear

MEANING : 1. a person who founds or establishes.

2. To sink; fail; collapse
SYNONYMS : collapse, perish, succumb, topple, sink; flop.
USAGE : The project foundered because public support was lacking.
Founder

MEANING : A loud quarrel; brawl, a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight.

SYNONYMS : Riotous brawl, uproar
USAGE : It was of the height of the fracas, and the bad Indians were regularly lined
up for battle.
Fracas

MEANING : Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

SYNONYMS : irritable, peevish, angered,stubborn, difficult. 2. testy, captious,
petulant, snappish, pettish, waspish, touchy.
USAGE : A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
Fractious
 MEANING : A painting done on plaster
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The worthy landlord had also ordered a fresco to be painted on his inn to
the honor of the Virgin.
Fresco

MEANING : 1. Ornamental band on a wall.

2. a heavy, napped woolen cloth for coats.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE :
Frieze Image: Frieze

MEANING : Not easily managed, stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

SYNONYMS : obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable,
difficult.
ANTONYMS : Docile, tractable
Froward USAGE : To be worried about one's froward, intractable child.

MEANING : Thrift, the quality of being frugal(Not wasteful or saving), or prudent in

saving; the lack of wastefulness:
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation
develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful
Frugality
consumption.

MEANING : To attack loudly; denounce

SYNONYMS : Detonate
USAGE : The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
Fulminate

MEANING : Offensive to good taste, so excessive or overdone as to be disgusting

SYNONYMS : Disgusting, sickening, repulsive, abundant, copious
USAGE : Fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply
Fulsome
 MEANING : union; synthesis
SYNONYMS : a coalition of parties or factions.
USAGE : A ballet production is the fusion of many talents.
Fusion

MEANING : Ineffective; useless; fruitless, incapable of producing any result, not

successful
SYNONYMS : Trifling, frivolous, unimportant
USAGE : Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
Futile

MEANING : Ruddy; reddish; flowery,excessively ornate; showy

SYNONYMS : Flamboyant, grandiloquent, rococo, flash, gaudy
ANTONYMS : Pale, plain, simple, unaffected.
USAGE : A florid complexion.
Florid

MEANING : To deny; dispute; contradict, oppose.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He was the head of the household, however, so there was none to gainsay
him
Gainsay

MEANING : To frolic; leap playfully, a skipping or frisking about

SYNONYMS : spring, caper, frisk, romp.
USAGE : No one was in sight, and he was free to gambol as much as he pleased.
Gambol

MEANING : Very talkative; wordy

SYNONYMS : Prating, babbling, verbose, prolix
ANTONYMS : Reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed
USAGE : A garrulous and boring speech.
Garrulous
 MEANING : lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless:
SYNONYMS : Clumsy, inept, maladroit, coarse, uncouth, gross
USAGE : Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
Gauche

MEANING : cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability, warmly and pleasantly

SYNONYMS : Friendly, hearty, pleasant, agreeable.
USAGE : The genial climate of hawaii
Geniality

MEANING : To divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He illustrates a gerrymander which actually made one Democratic vote
equal to five Republican votes.
Gerrymander

MEANING : Fluent in an insincere way; offhand, readily fluent, often thoughtlessly,

superficially, or insincerely.
SYNONYMS : Talkative, loquacious, facile, smooth
USAGE : She advises women with similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.
Glib

MEANING : 1. To prod; urge on, something that encourages, urges, or drives; a

stimulus.
2. A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.
SYNONYMS : Push, spur, impel, prick , incite, Exhort
USAGE : Do you think you can goad a man to desperation and leave him as cool as
Goad
when you began?

MEANING : Sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs

SYNONYMS : flimsy, fine
USAGE : Do you think you can goad a man to desperation and leave him as cool as
when you began?
Gossamer
 MEANING : 1. To tear out; scoop out; overcharge, swindle(fraud, cheat with money &
deceit), extortion.
2. Cylindrical blade with bevel convex or concave.
SYNONYMS :
Gouge USAGE : I bought my clothes there before they began gouging.

MEANING : speaking or expressed in a lofty(arrogantly) style, often to the point of

being pompous( at high dignity or importance) or bombastic(high sounding,
inflated).
SYNONYMS : turgid(swollen; distended; tumid.), inflated, pretentious,
rhetorical(exaggerated language),
ANTONYMS : Simple, sincere
Grandiloquent
USAGE : They say that he lacked inspiration, and was vulgar, bombastic, and
grandiloquent.

MEANING : 1. Fond of company of others, outgoing; sociable.

2. Growing in open cluster or colonies.
SYNONYMS : genial, friendly, extroverted, companionable, convivial.
USAGE : He was gregarious and sociable, enjoying the company of entourages
Gregarious whenever he went to Cannes or some other film festival.

MEANING : 1. Any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Teraoninae.

2. To complain, grumble
SYNONYMS : Complain -> gripe, fret, fuss.
USAGE : I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
Grouse

MEANING : Free of cunning or deceit; artless, sincere, honest, straightforward, frank

SYNONYMS : Artless, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated
USAGE :
Guileless
 MEANING : Outward appearance; false appearance, assumed appearance or mere
semblance
SYNONYMS : Form, shape
USAGE : His first visit to the Morton apartment that day had been in the guise of a
Guise workman.

MEANING : Easily deceived or cheated

SYNONYMS : credulous, testing, naive, innocent, simple, green
USAGE : You see the name at every turn, and the gullible Americans bite, chew, and
swallow.
Gullible

MEANING : Affecting the sense of taste, relating to taste or tasting.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He was the food, and the sight of him excited in her the gustatory
sensations.
Gustatory

MEANING : Calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous, tranquil, joyful

SYNONYMS : pacific, untroubled, placid, serene
USAGE : Halcyon days of youth.
Halcyon

MEANING : holy; sacred, venerated

SYNONYMS : Blessed
ANTONYMS : desecrated
USAGE : Our hallowed political institutions.
Hallowed

MEANING : Long, pompous speech; tirade, diatribe

SYNONYMS : vehement speech
USAGE : While they continued to harangue among themselves Daniel stealthily made
his escape.
Harangue
 MEANING : Extremely disturbing or distressing; terrifying, grievous
SYNONYMS : painful, agonizing, tormenting, heartbreaking, arduous
USAGE : A harrowing experience
Harrowing

MEANING : An animal that feeds mainly on plants

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : There are eight kinds of deer, all of them herbivorous.
Herbivorous

MEANING : Tightly sealed; magical ,isolated

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : Jar of pickle was hermetic by grandma.
Hermetic

MEANING : not widely accepted, holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions.

[Idea, opinions or beliefs are different than from the official or accepted one's]
SYNONYMS : Unorthodox, unconventional
USAGE : A couple hundred years ago, of course, the church or state could have just
Heterodox crushed such a heterodox movement.

MEANING : A system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or

sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher or hard to read
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The front faces the East; the pillars and the ruins of the walls are sculptured
Hieroglyphics with hieroglyphics.

MEANING : Covered with hair, hairy, shaggy

SYNONYMS : pilose, unshaved, bearded, bushy, woolly, fury.
USAGE : He vowed never under any circumstances to shave or cut this hirsute
appendage.
Hirsute Hirsute
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 MEANING : Related to actors or acting.
Relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical acts or
performances
SYNONYMS : Over dramatic, in behavior or speech.
USAGE : To the Roman, the scenic and histrionic were the vital features of a
Histrionic
production.

MEANING : Automatic maintenance by an organism in balance with itself;

The maintenance of equilibrium within a social group, person etc.

SYNONYMS :
Homeostasis USAGE :

MEANING : sermon(long speech); tedious moralizing lecture

SYNONYMS : A inspirational say or cliche(hackneyed(overdone or overused) -> an
commonplace or trite,stale, banal(not fresh))
USAGE : During his homily, Pope Francis stressed the importance of service.
Homily

MEANING : Composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : There was homogeneous candy that come very day from factory.
Homogeneous

MEANING : Purposeful exaggeration for effect, obvious and intentional

exaggeration.
SYNONYMS : overstatement
ANTONYMS : Understatement
Hyperbole USAGE : After catching a fish Mark show a hyperbole to James.

MEANING : 1. Attacking cherished traditions or beliefs.

2. Breaking or destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
SYNONYMS:
USAGE : An iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
Iconoclastic
 MEANING : Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion, adoration etc.
SYNONYMS : Obsession, madness, mania.
USAGE : This was too much for their faith then, and they both went back to idolatry.
Idolatry

MEANING : Produced by fire; volcanic , as a rock crystallized from molten magma.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : igneous rocks are formed by the cooling of molten rock material.
Igneous

MEANING : 1. A misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter

nature, as between persons or nations.
2. Intricate or perplexing state of affairs.
SYNONYMS : Confused heap
Imbroglio USAGE : Numerous have been the attempts to entangle me in that imbroglio.
Imbroglio
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MEANING : not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : I think it was born out of a desire to have something beautiful and
immutable in their lives.
Immutable

MEANING : To weaken or damage; injure, to make or cause to become worse;

diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.
SYNONYMS : Lessen, injure
USAGE : To impair one's health.
Impair

MEANING : 1.Without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.

2. calm. serene
3. unconscious, insensible
SYNONYMS : emotionless, phlegmatic, stoical, indifferent, undisturbed,
unperturbed, tranquil, unruffled, composed, unaffected, unflinching.
Impassive USAGE : When the Inspector took thought to look at her, she was as impassive as
before.
Impassive
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 MEANING : Poor, having less or no money, penniless.
SYNONYMS : destitute, poverty-stricken, indigence
USAGE : I saw a impecunious person lying beside the platform with no blanket in
such an extreme cold.
Impecunious

MEANING : To hinder, block, obstruct

SYNONYMS : Slow, delay, check, stop, block, prevent , Forestall
ANTONYMS : Advance, encourage.
USAGE : If following this diet stresses you out or interferes with your sleep patterns,
Impede it could also impede weight loss.

MEANING : Not or impossible to permeate

(permeate->capable to penetrate or pass through)
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The water droplet on leaf is impermeable, as hardship demand an
Impermeable impermeable skin to survive.

MEANING : Not easily disturbed or excited, calm, incapable of being upset or

agitated
SYNONYMS : Impassive, composed, collected, cool, unmoved.
USAGE : While the battle was raging Grants general demeanor was imperturbable.
Imperturbable

MEANING : 1.Incapable of being affected, influenced, persuaded or injured,

impaired.
2. Impossible to penetrate
SYNONYMS : Invulnerable, closed
Impervious USAGE : The coat is impervious to rain.
 MEANING : 1. To strike, collide, dash
2. To encroach or infringe
3. To make an impression or impact
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : 1. Jason had a shoulder impingement.
Impinge
2. Rays of light impinging on the eye.

MEANING : Inflexible; incapable of being pleased or calmed down, not to be

appeased, mollified, or pacified
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An implacable enemy
Implacable

MEANING : Unlikely; unbelievable, not have the appearance of truth or credibility.

SYNONYMS : Unbelievable, unlikely, improbable
USAGE : Bear is a zoo was dancing on song was an implausible feeling to visitor.
Implausible

MEANING : Implied, understood but not stated

SYNONYMS : Inherent, complete, total
USAGE :Putin cannot abide the implicit challenge that Khodorkovsky at liberty would
represent.
Implicit

MEANING : To Burst inward, collapse inward violently

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : There are not many real reasons to think the mortgage market is going to
implode.
Implode

MEANING : Curse, damnation, malediction

SYNONYMS :
USAGE :He laughed again in one low burst that was as spiteful as an imprecation.
Imprecation
 MEANING : To attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or source (blame
others for the cause, crime etc.)
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
Impute

MEANING : carelessly; unintentionally, not attentive, heedless(careless, unmindful)

SYNONYMS : Inattentive, thoughtless, careless, negligent
USAGE : The employee is inadvertent while having coffee in cafeteria with his
colleague.
Inadvertent or Inadvertenly

MEANING : 1. Having bodily form especially as human

2, to put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea
SYNONYMS : Generate
USAGE : 1. Her latest book incarnates the literature of our day.
Incarnate 2. A man who incarnated wisdom and compassion.

MEANING : Not yet completed or fully developed, just begun , incipient,

rudimentary, not organized, lacking order
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An inchoate work was going on for Metro Bridge.
Inchoate

MEANING : Quality of state of not fitting, inappropriate, inconsonant, lacking

harmony of parts
SYNONYMS : Dissimilarity , strangeness
USAGE : They are more than double her age, and yet they can see no incongruity in
Incongruity hoping to win her.

MEANING : insignificant; unimportant, trivial

SYNONYMS : illogical, irrelevant
USAGE : Newton's explanation of theory has some Inconsequential terms.
Inconsequential Image:
Inconsequential
 MEANING : Introduce something into another thing already in existence
SYNONYMS : to embody, assimilate, unite
USAGE : His book incorporates his earlier essay.
Incorporate

MEANING : sudden invasion, (a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or

territory, especially a sudden one.)
SYNONYMS : Attack , sortie, foray
USAGE : The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
Incursion

MEANING : 1. Uncertain; indefinite, not precisely fixed in extent.

2. Not clear , vague, not settled, not established
SYNONYMS : Ambiguous
USAGE : Amusement park was having some ambiguous/Indeterminate features and
Indeterminate modern architecture display.

MEANING : Poverty.
SYNONYMS : privation, penury, need, want.
ANTONYMS : wealth
USAGE : He was abundantly charitable, and could not resist the solicitations of
Indigence indigence.

MEANING : Habitually lazy; idle. slothful(lazy, sluggard)

SYNONYMS : Slow, inactive, sluggish, torpid
USAGE : An indolent person in office.
Indolent

MEANING : Not to be avoided , evaded or escaped; inevitable

SYNONYMS : unstoppable, unpreventable, unavoidable, inevitable, irrevocable.
ANTONYMS : certain, sure, fated
USAGE : 1. Mark has a ineluctable destiny.
Ineluctable 2. Death ineluctable in everyone's life.
 MEANING : unable to move; sluggish, Inactive
SYNONYMS : lifeless, motionless, immobile, unmoving , lazt, indolent
USAGE : She became stiff and inert after having brunch in college.
Inert

MEANING : Characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction,

cleverly inventive or resourceful
SYNONYMS : Intelligent, showing genius, bright, adroit
ANTONYMS : Unskillful
Ingenious USAGE : An ingenious press agent.

MEANING : Innocent, naive(simplicity) and trusting; lacking sophistication , Candid,

sincere, free from restraint
SYNONYMS : Frank, straightforward, open, guileless (guile -> fraud)
USAGE : As to botany, he cherished it with a deep and ingenuous passion, and not as
Ingenuous a pastime.

MEANING : Existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable

element, quality, or attribute
SYNONYMS : Innate, inbred, ingrained, native, implicit
USAGE : Child of Julia has inherent habits of herself.
Inherent

MEANING : Harmless, not injurious, inoffensive

SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An innocuous home remedy.
Innocuous

MEANING : Unconscious; Unresponsive, deprived of sensation.

SYNONYMS : apathetic, unfeeling, indifferent, cold, dull, passionless, emotionless,
torpid(inactive or sluggish).
USAGE : Insensible to shame.
Insensible
 MEANING : To suggest or hint slyly; say indirectly; imply
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : He insinuated that they were lying.
Insinuate

MEANING : lacking in flavor; dull, bland

SYNONYMS : flat, uninteresting, tasteless
USAGE : Noddles she prepared was insipid(bland).
Insipid

MEANING : Free from concern, worry, anxiety; carefree , nonchalant.

SYNONYMS : Lighthearted, debonair, jaunty, breezy.
USAGE : Addicks leaned back on the cushions of his chair in the easiest, most
insouciant way imaginable.
Insouciant

MEANING : Narrow-mindedness, provincial, illiberal; isolation, standing alone.

[If you say that someone is insular, you are being critical of them because they are
unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas.]
SYNONYMS :
Insularity USAGE : Act of insularity attitudes toward foreigners.

MEANING : Insurmountable; unconquerable, incapable of being passed over,

overcome or surmounted (surrender or conquered).
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : an insuperable barrier.
Insuperable

MEANING : Not material, not definite or clear to mind , incapable of being

perceived(become aware) by the sense of touch.
SYNONYMS : Vague, elusive, fleeting. Indeterminate
USAGE : intangible arguments.
Intangible
 MEANING : To forbid(prevent or hinder); prohibit
SYNONYMS : stop
USAGE : Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy's advance.
Interdict

MEANING : Deadly to both sides, mutually destructive, of or relating to conflict or

struggle within a group.
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : an internecine feud(bitter quarrelsome) among proxy(agent or authorized
Internecine person) holders.

MEANING : To insert; change by adding new words or material, interject, interpose,

intercalate
SYNONYMS : Alter or change by inserting
USAGE : All members of the company had been warned that to interpolate lines or
Interpolate "business" meant a fine or worse.

MEANING : Interval between reigns(royal rule or authority); gap in continuity, period

when no when is ruler
SYNONYMS :
USAGE : An interregnum of ten years occurred, during which there was internecine
Interregnum war between these claimants to his throne.

MEANING : Marked by close acquaintance, very private, closely personal

SYNONYMS : secret, privy, exacting, thorough, crony
USAGE : Too young to handle an intimate relationship.
Intimate

MEANING : Not easily managed, controlled, not docile or manageable, stubborn,

obstinate
SYNONYMS : Hard to relieve or cure
USAGE : The intractable pain in his leg.
Intractable
 MEANING : Stubbornness; refusal to compromise or agree, inflexibility
SYNONYMS : uncompromising
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
Intransigence

MEANING : Contemplating or examining one's own thoughts and feelings

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Friends and colleagues describe him as introspective and highly
Introspective professional.

MEANING : Flood, deluge, to cover with water, to overwhelm

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : inundated with letters of protest.
Inundate

MEANING : To accustom or used to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden;

habituate(used to)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Inured USAGE : Mark is insured to cold.

MEANING : verbal abuse, vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.

SYNONYMS : Railing accusation, vituperation, denunciation, scorn, contumely
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A lot of invective has been thrown their way, but that one company spends
Invective about $50 million a year on R&D.

MEANING : To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : To inveigh against isolationism.
Inveigh
 MEANING : To win over by flattering or coaxing, to entice, lure(the power of
attracting or enticing).
SYNONYMS : induce, beguile, persuade, wheedle.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. To inveigle a person into playing bridge.
Inveigle
2. To inveigle a theater pass from a person.

MEANING : Confirmed; long standing.

1. Settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like.
2. Firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.;
chronic.
SYNONYMS : hardened, constant, habitual, set, fixed, rooted.
Inveterate ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He seems so inveterate too; he'll not give you up cigarette.
Inveterate
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MEANING : Likely to provoke ill will, hateful, offensive or unfairly discriminating,

injurious., resentment, envy
SYNONYMS : Become unpopular
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to
Invidious
refuse.

MEANING : Easily provoked to anger, very irritable.

SYNONYMS : testy, touchy, peppery, choleric, short-tempered.
ANTONYMS : calm, even-tempered.
USAGE : Hulk is irascible old man.
Irascible

MEANING : Doubtful, infirm of purpose, vacillating, unsure of how to act; weak, not
resolute.
SYNONYMS : Hesitating, wavering, lacking resolution.
ANTONYMS :
Irresolute USAGE : The worst reason to launch an attack would be a fear of seeming irresolute.
Irresolute
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 MEANING : Wandering from place to place; unsettled especially for duties or
business.
SYNONYMS : Wandering, nomadic, migratory, roving roaming, peripatetic.
ANTONYMS : settled
Itinerant USAGE : The author's experience as an itinerant musician.

MEANING : Route of a traveler's journey , an account of a journey, record of travel.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The next place on our itinerary was sedona.
Itinerary

MEANING : 1. Having a yellowish discoloration of the skin due to jaundice

2. Affected with or exhibiting prejudice(unfavorable opinion or feeling, bias), as from
envy or resentment(envy, jealousy ), view of something, they can see only the bad
aspects of it.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Jaundiced
USAGE : The financial markets are taking a jaundiced view of the Government's
motives.

MEANING : To be in agreement
SYNONYMS : conform, accord, fit , harmonized
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations.
Jibe

MEANING : Fond of joking; jocular, jesting , humorous, playful

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A jocose and amusing manner.
Jocose
 MEANING : Huge force destroying everything in its path
SYNONYMS : Critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and
you think they are not being controlled properly
ANTONYMS :
Juggernaut USAGE : The group became a sales juggernaut is the commodity options business.

MEANING : Group of people united in political intrigue(planning to harm or deceive)

SYNONYMS : Military government that has taken power by force and not through
elections
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A junta can do it, using their military power to overtly or covertly control
Junta
decisions at the highest level.

MEANING : A self appointed committee, especially with political aims, cabal(clique)

SYNONYMS : band , mafia , association
USAGE : The designs of the junto, however, were concealed as carefully as possible.
Junto

MEANING : place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

SYNONYMS : appose , bring near, bring together , pair, place in proximity.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Mr. Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect.
Juxtapose

MEANING : Fame, glory, honor, acclaim

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He received kudos from everyone on his performance.
Kudos

MEANING : Apt or likely to change

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of
Labile heart attack.
 MEANING : Using few words, expressing much in few words, concise.
SYNONYMS : brief, pithy, terse, succinct
ANTONYMS : voluble
USAGE : Larry's Laconic response often instigated verbose mono logs
Laconic

MEANING : To trash verbally or physically,To reprimand or berate harshly ,to beat or

whip severely.
SYNONYMS : censure, excoriate
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Say, Mr. Peel, if you ever have occasion to lambaste Watski again, just call to
Lambaste
me.

MEANING : Lustful, wanton, lewd

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
Lascivious

MEANING : Lethargy; sluggishness , lack of energy,

SYNONYMS : listlessness, languor
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon.
Lassitude

MEANING : Present but not visible, apparent(open to view or visible), or actualized;

existing as potential
SYNONYMS : Dormant, veiled, quiescent
ANTONYMS : Open, active.
Latent USAGE : Dog dreams for a bone, which is bit latent in real life

MEANING : Praise, extol

SYNONYMS : applaud, honor
ANTONYMS : Censure
USAGE : I have never met her, and I am Inclined to Laud her chivalry.
Laud
 MEANING : Inactive, drowsy, sluggish, apathetic
SYNONYMS : lazy, indolent, torpid.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The lethargic heat and humidity of the day made me want to do nothing but
Lethargic nap.

MEANING : 1. An embankment that prevents a river from overflowing

2. a reception, usually in someone's honor
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1.To levee a treacherous stream.
Levee
2. a presidential levee at the White House.

MEANING : Light manner or attitude, lightness of mind , character, lack of

appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
SYNONYMS : Frivolity, flippancy, triviality, giddiness
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He did much to inject a note of levity into a very hard-working production
Levity
cycle.

MEANING : 1. tolerant; broad-minded

2. Favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
SYNONYMS : progressive, unprejudiced, beneficent, charitable , openhanded,
munificent, unstinting, lavish, generous, ample
ANTONYMS : reactionary, intolerant, niggardly
Liberal
USAGE : It may be that the liberal party have omitted to do this as they ought.

MEANING : One without moral restraint, freethinker in religious matters, profligate,

rake. (They are sexually immoral and do not care about the effect their behavior has
on other people)
SYNONYMS : lecher, sensualist, amoral, sensual, lascivious, lewd
ANTONYMS : prude
Libertine
USAGE :
 MEANING : Sexual desire, instinct or drive
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Lack of sleep is a major factor in loss of libido
Libido

MEANING : Extremely small, tiny, diminutive

SYNONYMS : petty, trivial
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose
Lilliputian nations are at war.

MEANING : To draw, describe

SYNONYMS : portray in words
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : As I have sketched an ideal parlour, so would I limn a bedroom I have seen.
Limn

MEANING : 1.clear; transparent, pellucid as water or air.

2. Completely calm, without distress or worry
SYNONYMS : lucid, free from obscurity
ANTONYMS :
Limpid USAGE : We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.

MEANING : Pertaining or belonging to language

SYNONYMS : (The study of the way in which language works)
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Modern Linguistic emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century
Linguistic

MEANING : Lengthy recitation(repeating same from mind); repetitive chant

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : We heard the whole litany of their complaints.
Litany
 MEANING : scholarly of learned persons, intellectuals
SYNONYMS : (Will educated people who are interested in literature.)
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The Australian storyteller who was loved by readers but disdained by the
Literati literati.

MEANING : Legal proceedings, lawsuits

SYNONYMS : (The process of fighting or defending a case in a civil court of law)
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : a matter that is still in litigation.
Litigation

MEANING : 1. Record of a voyage; record of daily activities

2. Portion of the trunk
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The family made an official complaint to a ship's officer, which was recorded
Log
in the log.

MEANING : talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling;

garrulous:
SYNONYMS : Verbose, voluble
ANTONYMS :
Loquacious USAGE : A loquacious dinner guest.

MEANING : Bright; clear; intelligible or easily understood

SYNONYMS : Pellucid, clear , transparent, evident, obvious, radiant, luminous, limpid
ANTONYMS : Obscure, irrational, dim
USAGE : A Lucid explanantion
Lucid
 MEANING : money or profits
SYNONYMS : Monetary reward or gain
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The professor does not practice this art for the lucre of gain, but he
Lucre understands it in detail.

MEANING : bright; brilliant; glowing

SYNONYMS : lucid, radiant, resplendent, intelligent, understandable, perspicuous,
lucid
ANTONYMS : dark, stupid,obscure
Luminous USAGE : The luminous ballroom.

MEANING : shining, luminous, brilliant, splendid, resplendent, illustrious

SYNONYMS : refulgent, dazzling, gorgeous, gleaming, shimmering, glowing, radiant
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : a lustrous career.
Lustrous

MEANING : crafty; double-dealing

SYNONYMS : cunning, deceitful, crafty, sly, unscrupulous, (you are critical of them
because they often make clever and secret plans to achieve their aims and are not
honest with people.)
ANTONYMS :
Machiavellian
USAGE : Machiavellian republicans plotting to destabilize the throne.

MEANING : plots or schemes conspiracy

SYNONYMS : artifice, conspiracy, dirty work ,intrigue ,(Describe secret and
complicated plans, especially to gain power)
ANTONYMS :
Machinations USAGE : The political machinations that brought him to power.
 MEANING : large, powerful or violent whirlpool; turmoil
SYNONYMS : restless, tumult, bedlam, pandemonium
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The maelstrom of early morning traffic.
Maelstrom

MEANING : Generosity; nobility, the act of magnanimous(generous in forgiving an

insult or injury, high-minded, noble)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Magnanimity USAGE : Mother Teresa was known for her magnanimity or magnanimous work.

MEANING : 1.To speak evil of, speak harmful untruths about; slander; defame.
2. Evil in effect, pernicious, baleful, injurious, malicious, malevolent.
SYNONYMS : Libel, calumniate, disparage, revile, abuse, vilify, baneful
ANTONYMS : Praise
Malign USAGE : To malign an honorable man.

MEANING : To feign(pretend) illness to escape duty

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : No man ever essayed to malinger or to shirk a duty to which he had been
Malinger allotted by the doctor.

MEANING : 1. Capable of being shaped by pounding or hammering.

2. Adaptable or tractable.
SYNONYMS : Impressionable, moldable, flexible, pliable
ANTONYMS : refractory, intractable
Malleable USAGE : The malleable mind of a child.
 MEANING : 1. A lone Dissenter (dissent ->disagree or reject method or opinion) as an
intellectual, an artist or a politician.
2. Unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist (who do not think or behave the way
as other people), free thinker.
SYNONYMS : radical, extremist, bohemian
Maverick ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes.

MEANING : 1. Delusions of power or importance

2. An obsession with doing extravagant or grand things.
SYNONYMS : lust or craving for power
ANTONYMS :
Megalomania USAGE : His megalomania naturally detracted from the esteem won by his piety.

MEANING : a variety of animals kept together or exhibited.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Mrs Lee tells us of a lion which was kept in the menagerie at Brussels.
Menagerie

MEANING : Telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful:

SYNONYMS : false or untrue.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Doctor make an mendacious report to make money from his patient.
Mendacious

MEANING : 1. beggar, begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

2. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of
property, subsisting mostly on alms.
SYNONYMS : Beggar or person asking for charity.
ANTONYMS :
Mendicant
USAGE : As in the case of Cybele, mendicant priests were attached to her service.
Mendicant
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 MEANING : 1. Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry, gaudy;
specious; falsely attractive
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute.
SYNONYMS : Showy, gaudy, spurious, sham, false, tawdry
ANTONYMS :
Meretricious
USAGE : Calendar girls are meretricious while shooting for portfolio

MEANING : To hypnotize(to influence or control), fascinate, spellbind

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : I thought you said you could mesmerize me any time you chose.
Mesmerize

MEANING : Change; transformation

SYNONYMS : mutation, transmutation
ANTONYMS : stasis
USAGE : fatty metamorphosis of the liver.
Metamorphosis

MEANING : 1. A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality

2. Philosophy which is concerned with the understanding reality or developing
theories about what exists and how we know that it exists.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Metaphysics USAGE : They are men who are in love with metaphysics, or glory in a mathematical
existence.

MEANING : concerned with the weather

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :
Meteorological
 MEANING : very careful, precise thorough ; picky; fastidious, finicky, fussy
SYNONYMS : exact, strict, scrupulous
ANTONYMS : careless
USAGE : Meticulous personal appearance.
Meticulous

MEANING : courage; endurance, fortitude, temperament

SYNONYMS : valor(boldness), pluck, vigor(energetic), ardor(devotion or zeal),
nerve, fiber
ANTONYMS :
Mettle USAGE : a man of mettle.
Image: Mettle

MEANING : full of courage and fortitude, spirited

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Then his mettlesome horses claimed his attention for awhile.
Mettlesome

MEANING : a small system having analogies(scaled from) to a larger system, a little

world; a world in miniature
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS : macrocosm
USAGE : Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the
Microcosm
60's

MEANING : to work against, to make less possible or likely, to prevent them from
achieving something.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Militate USAGE : His prison record militated against him.

MEANING : threatening; menacing

SYNONYMS : aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, dangerous
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : From last month julie's pet started showing minatory behavior.
Minatory
 MEANING : very small
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS : majorscule
USAGE : Chris found a green frog in the box of coin.
Minuscule

MEANING : petty details, precise details , small or trifling matters

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The minutiae of his craft.
Minutia

MEANING : one who hates humanity; one who dislikes others

SYNONYMS : cynicism
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He becomes a misanthrope, hates his fellow-beings and resorts to petty
Misanthrope shifts in order to live.

MEANING : mixture of writings on various subjects, Collection or group of many

different kinds of things.
SYNONYMS : anthology
ANTONYMS :
Miscellany USAGE : Glass cases filled with a miscellany of objects.

MEANING : villain; criminal, depraved, holding a false or unorthodox religious belief;

heretical.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Miscreant USAGE : Local people demanded that the police apprehend the miscreants

MEANING : a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Leo is misogynist nature in society.
Misogynist
 MEANING : 1. alleviate(lessen, to make easier to endure); to become less severe
2. To lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
SYNONYMS : mollify, appease
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :1. The American soldier tried to mitigate the flood using sack.
Mitigate
2. To mitigate a punishment.

MEANING : related to memory; assisting or intended(purpose) to assist the memory

SYNONYMS : catchword, clue, hint
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : As to function, they may be classed as personal ornaments, as money, and
Mnemonic as material for mnemonic records.

MEANING : small or limited quantity

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. Modicum food was served in Italian restaurants.
Modicum 2. He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.

MEANING : to soothe or soften in feeling or temper, mitigate, appease, abate,

alleviate, calm, blunt, cool, dulcify.
SYNONYMS : Reduce temper or feeling
ANTONYMS :
Mollify USAGE : to mollify one's demands.

MEANING : solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The monolithic monuments of the New Stone Age.
Monolithic
 MEANING : ill-humored(a disagreeable or surly mood.); sullen or gloomily
(miserable, bad-tempered and not willing to talk very much to other people)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Morose USAGE : Elder man sat morosely at the bar.

MEANING :
1. Many colored; being of different colors combined
2. Made up of many parts, exhibiting great diversity of elements.
SYNONYMS :
1. multicolored, variegated, poly-chromatic; pied, piebald, mottled, dappled
2. Heterogeneous, varied, diverse, sundry, dissimilar, divergent
ANTONYMS :
Motley
1. Monochromatic, solid
2. homogeneous, uniform, identical; similar
USAGE : a motley flower border.

MEANING : Diverse, numerous and varied, greatly diverse or manifold

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Spain is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.
Multifarious

MEANING : 1. common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative, concerned with the ordinary

2. Relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Mundane USAGE : Be willing to do mundane tasks with good grace.

MEANING : Black magic, sorcery; witchcraft; conjuration, a method of divination

through alleged communication with the dead
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Necromancy USAGE : Holy Scripture is full of references to Witchcraft and necromancy.
Necromancy
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 MEANING : To cancel out; nullify, to deny the existence
SYNONYMS : To be negative
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
Negate

MEANING : new word or expression, new doctrine (principal, policy)

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The newspaper used the neologism "dinks", double income no kids.
Neologism

MEANING : Novice; beginner, a person newly baptized.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He's a neophyte at chess.
Neophyte

MEANING : a means of connection, link, tie, a core or center.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The nexus between the dominant class and the state.
Nexus

MEANING : Bewildered, puzzled completely, state of perplexity

SYNONYMS : Perplex, confuse, confound, disconcert
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : And she claims to be nonplussed by those presidential invitations.
Nonplussed

MEANING : Sentimental longing for a past time , a wistful desire to return in thought
or in the fact to a former time in one's life.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Nostalgia USAGE : A nostalgia for his college days.
 MEANING : Medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness, Medicine, sold for false
or exaggerated claims, quack medicine.
SYNONYMS : Quack Medicine, old fashioned, wrong
ANTONYMS :
Nostrum USAGE : Pills, tablets and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions.

MEANING : Of no real values, trifling, worthless; invalid, No force or effect.

SYNONYMS : Trivial, insignificant , frivolous, useless, inoperative
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The securities which the bill contained were not so nugatory as they had
Nugatory been represented.

MEANING : Stubborn, unmoved by persuasion, pity, tender feeling

SYNONYMS : (You think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change
their decision or opinion.)
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate
Obdurate
defenders of the status quo.

MEANING : overly submissive, obedient, dutiful , showing servile

SYNONYMS : slavishly
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Employee of UTVS Productions company was obsequious to ower.
Obsequious

MEANING : funeral ceremony

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The second day after his obsequy was done reverently, and on his body laid
Obsequy a tomb of stone and his banner hanging over him.
 MEANING : To make unnecessary; to anticipate , eliminate and prevent, render
SYNONYMS : caution
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : To obviate the risk of serious injury.
Obviate

MEANING : To shut; block, close , stop

SYNONYMS : obstruct , clog, plug, block
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Cloud occluded by the mountains,
Occlude

MEANING : Relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena, related

to magic
SYNONYMS : mysterious, hidden from view
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Interest in the occult tended toward ceremonial magic rather than
Occult
witchcraft.

MEANING : A long, adventurous voyage; a quest (Long exciting journey on which a

lot of things happen)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Odyssey USAGE : The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16 hour odyssey

MEANING : Too helpful; meddlesome (helping or interfering with right), ready to

help, obliging.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Officious USAGE : Corporal Williams officiously ordered them out.

MEANING : related to or concerning the sense of smell

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : This olfactory sense develop in the womb.
Olfactory
 MEANING : Form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The protest against imperialism and oligarchy in the region.
Oligarchy

MEANING : Burdensome, causing hardship, troublesome, oppressive

SYNONYMS : heavy, crushing, grievous, irksome, galling.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a very difficult child.
Onerous

MEANING : Formation or use of words, as meow and boom etc. that imitate sounds
of the actions they refer to.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Onomatopoeia USAGE : "Hiss", "buzz" and "rat-a-tat-tat" are examples of onomatopoeia.

MEANING : Public disgrace; contempt, disgrace or reproach

SYNONYMS : dishonor, dis-basement
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : His political opinions have attracted the opprobrium of the left.
Opprobrium

MEANING : Scientist who studies birds

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The area is ornithologist paradise.
Ornithologist

MEANING : To move back and forth

SYNONYMS : swing, fluctuate, dangle
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : There is always slight oscillation in world temperature.
Oscillate
 MEANING : Showy; pretentious, (of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.)
intended to attract notice
SYNONYMS : conspicuous, dashing, dashful, extravagant, flamboyant
ANTONYMS :
Ostentatious USAGE : Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.

MEANING : presumptuous(impertinently bold, forward) conceited (intelligent,

clever); overconfident or proud, exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Overweening USAGE : Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit, she said.

MEANING : Song of joy, praise or triumph; a fervent expression of joy

SYNONYMS : Hymn, laud, praise, acclamation
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A paean to deep, passionate love.
Paean

MEANING : Study of past geological eras through fossil remains

SYNONYMS : prehistory, excavation, paleohistory.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould.
Paleontology

MEANING : Lacking color, interest or liveliness, pale, faint, wan.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A pallid musical performanace
Pallid

MEANING : Formal or elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise.

SYNONYMS : Homage, tribute, encomium
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. The book is a panegyric on the intoxicating
Panegyric 2. "Good Job" is a panegyric that Mark got from his boss.
 MEANING : Model of perfection or excellence, someone with exceptional merit.
SYNONYMS : nonpareil, nonesuch, ideal, paradigm, quintessence, exemplar
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Who is this paragon whose name is on everyone's lips?
Paragon

MEANING : One-sided; adherent , support or committed to a party, group or cause.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He was rescued by some Italian partisans
Partisan

MEANING : 1. Related to illness or disease, morbid

2. Departing from normal condition (They behave in an extreme and unacceptable
way, and have very powerful feelings that they cannot control)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Pathological
USAGE : He is pathological liar.

MEANING : A regional dialect(accent) or form of language/speech, slang, jargon,

cant, argot;
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Patois USAGE : In France patois was spoken in rural.

MEANING : Smallness or insufficiency of number, fewness, scarcity, scantiness

SYNONYMS : dearth, famine, absence, not enough
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of
Paucity imagination
 MEANING : Showing off learning, overly concerned with the minute details or
formalism, especially in teaching.
SYNONYMS : didactic, doctrinaire
ANTONYMS :
Pedantic USAGE : His lecture was pedantic and uninteresting.

MEANING : Transparent; easily understood(clearly in meaning, expression or style.)

SYNONYMS : Clear or limpid, translucent
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A pellucid way of writing.
Pellucid

MEANING : A strong inclination, taste, or liking for something.

SYNONYMS : Affection, attachment
ANTONYMS : dislike , hate
USAGE : A penchant for outdoor sports.
Penchant

MEANING : Extreme poverty, destitution, scarcity, dearth, inadequacy, insufficiency

SYNONYMS : indigence, need, want
Penury
ANTONYMS : wealth
USAGE : He was brought up in penury, without education.

MEANING : Traveling and wandering from place to place, journey

SYNONYMS : Trip, excursion, expedition
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :
Peregrination

MEANING : 1. Imperative; leaving no choice, leaving no opportunity for denial or

refusal.
2. imperious or dictatorial
SYNONYMS : Arbitrary, dogmatic, domineering
ANTONYMS :
Peremptory USAGE : She heard Mr. Royall's voice, low and peremptory, and opened the door,
fearing an accident.
 MEANING : Present throughout the years or indefinitely long time ; persistent,
everlasting, continuing , perpetual
SYNONYMS : recurrent, eternal, immortal, perdurable, constant, continual
ANTONYMS :
Perennial USAGE : Here perennial beauty

MEANING : Faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

SYNONYMS : deceitful, treacherous
ANTONYMS : faithful
USAGE : They are perfidious lovers
Perfidious

MEANING : 1. Superficial or hasty (speed, quick or rash); performed merely as a

routine duty.
2. Lacking interest, care or enthusiasm, indifferent or apathetic (action is done quickly
and carelessly, showing a lack of interest)
SYNONYMS : negligent, heedless, thoughtless, uninterested.
Perfunctory ANTONYMS : careful, diligent
USAGE : In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker

MEANING : Point in an orbit that is closest to the earth, like moon or satellite.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS : Apogee
USAGE : It now has a perigee slightly below 110 miles and an apogee of about 400
Perigee miles.

MEANING : Penetrable, penetrate, pass through

SYNONYMS :
Permeable
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Permeable bright sunshine follow to room.

MEANING : To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious

SYNONYMS : derange, trouble, confuse, addle, muddle
ANTONYMS : pacify
USAGE : What perturbs me is my cousin behavior when I work.
Perturb
 MEANING : Spread throughout every part
SYNONYMS : widespread
ANTONYMS : limited, narrow
USAGE : The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
Pervasive

MEANING : Rude; peevish, showing sudden irritation.

SYNONYMS : pettish, touchy, fretful, captious
ANTONYMS : happy, pleasant
USAGE : His critics say he's just being silly and petulant.
Petulant

MEANING : Unemotional; Calm in temperament, apathetic, sluggish

SYNONYMS : Cool, stoical, torpid, quiet, placid, unruffled.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : These girls, who are generally so phlegmatic, change their character on
Phlegmatic cleaning day and become frantic.
Phlegmatic
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MEANING : Anything that is restored after suffering great destruction

SYNONYMS : recovery, restored
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can
Phoenix arise.

MEANING : Facial features

SYNONYMS : appearance, expression, mien
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He was fascinated with her Physiognomy.
Physiognomy

MEANING : devoutness(devoted or divine worship), a pious(devotion) act, remark,

belief, reverence (respect) of God.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Piety USAGE : A prayer full of piety.
 MEANING : Pleasantly pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; agreeably stimulating,
interesting or attractive
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Piquant USAGE :

MEANING : Fleeting feeling or hurt pride, to wound

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
Pique [peek]

MEANING : To appease, soothe(calm, relieve); pacify

SYNONYMS : conciliate, satisfy, stop feeling anger.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : To placate an outraged citizenry.
Placate

MEANING : calm or peaceful; unruffled, tranquil,

SYNONYMS : quiet, serene
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : She was a placid child who rarely cried.
Placid

MEANING : Expressing sorrow, melancholy; mournful

SYNONYMS : wistful, sorrowful, sad
ANTONYMS : Happy, joyful
USAGE : They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.
Plaintive

MEANING : pliability; condition of being able to be shaped or formed, capability to

be molded
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Plasticity USAGE : The great plasticity of clay
 MEANING : Stale; overused expression, a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one
uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
SYNONYMS : Truism, hackneyed
ANTONYMS :
Platitude USAGE : The platitude of most political oratory.
Platitude
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MEANING : Spiritual (free from sensual desire); theoretical

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The platonic friendship she has had with Chris for ten years.
Platonic

MEANING : Excess; overabundance

SYNONYMS : Flood, overflow, plenty, deluge, glut
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A plethora of new operators will be allowed to enter the market.
Plethora

MEANING : 1.To examine deeply; determine the depth. (plum bob- Piece of lead or
some other weight attached to line, used for determining perpendicularity)
2. Exactly, precisely or directly
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Plumb USAGE : 1. She was plumb mad.
2. To plumb someone's thoughts.

MEANING : To fall; plunge

SYNONYMS : fall, dive, drop, swoop
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.
Plummet

MEANING : Society or government ruled by the wealthy

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : In the large cities the urbanized working class were slaves to a plutocracy.
Plutocracy
 MEANING : Full of holes; permeable to liquids
SYNONYMS : Penetrable, previous, riddled, sieve-like
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Their house, which has never been painted, is sagging and rotted and
Porous porous

MEANING : Person who affects an attitude to impress others , (A person who

attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting manner,degree of sentiment
other than his or her true one)
SYNONYMS : mimic, hypocrite, pretender, imposter
ANTONYMS :
Poseur [Poh-zur]
USAGE : I am sometimes accused of being a poseur.

MEANING : related Practical point of view and Practical considerations

SYNONYMS : Realistic, logical
ANTONYMS : idealistic, unreasonable
USAGE : Robin took a pragmatic look at her situation.
Pragmatic

MEANING : To talk idly or excessively or pointless; chatter, To utter in empty or

foolish talk
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Prate USAGE : They prated on until I was ready to scream.

MEANING : Meaningless, foolish talk, chatter, babble

SYNONYMS : jabber, gab, gabble, blab
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : She prattled on as she drove out to the highway.
Prattle

MEANING : Introductory or preliminary statement, preface, introduction

SYNONYMS : opening, beginning, foreword, prologue, prelude
ANTONYMS : Epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing
USAGE : His childhood in the slums was a preamble to a life of crime.
Preamble
 MEANING : Dependent on circumstances beyond one's control, Uncertain, unstable,
insecure.
SYNONYMS : unsure, unsteady, doubtful, unreliable, undependable, unfounded
ANTONYMS : secure, reliable, safe, well-founded
Precarious USAGE : The precarious life of an underseas diver.

MEANING : Principle; law, commandment

SYNONYMS : directive, order, guide, instruction, prescription, rules
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : An electoral process based on the central precept that all people are born
Precept equal.

MEANING : 1. To cause to happen suddenly than normally;

2. Throw down from a height(plunge, cast, to send)
3. rash; hasty; sudden; done without deliberation
SYNONYMS : Accelerate, crystallize, reckless, impetuous
ANTONYMS : retard, careful
Precipitate
USAGE : He precipitated himself into the struggle.

MEANING : Forerunner; predecessor, a person or thing that precedes

SYNONYMS : herald
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. The first robin is a precursor of spring.
Precursor 2. He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.

MEANING :
1. To acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate:
2. To prevent or forestall by acting first.
SYNONYMS : acquire,arrogate, accroach, obtain
ANTONYMS :
Preempt
USAGE : A political issue preempted by the opposition party.
Preempt
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 MEANING : Adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something:, able to
perceive(to recognize) quickly
SYNONYMS : Greedy, avaricious, avid, covetous.
ANTONYMS :
Prehensile USAGE : Not all the monkeys of America possess this prehensile power of tail

MEANING : forewarning; presentiment, a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a

future event
SYNONYMS : foreboding, portent, omen, sign
ANTONYMS :
Premonition USAGE : He had a vague premonition of danger.

MEANING : To foretell; indicate in advance

SYNONYMS : forecast , predict, presentiment, foreshadowing, indication, portent,
sign
ANTONYMS :
Presage USAGE : The incidents may presage war.

MEANING : Rude; improperly bold (you disapprove of them because they are doing
something that they have no right or authority to do.)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Presumptuous USAGE : kareena's presumptuous acting made her fanes against him

MEANING : Supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature, exceptional or

abnormal
SYNONYMS : extraordinary, unnatural, miraculous
ANTONYMS : ordinary, usual
Preternatural USAGE : Superman has preternatural powers.
 MEANING : To speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an
incorrect impression; lie., To quibble; evade the truth
SYNONYMS : Evade, shift
ANTONYMS :
Prevaricate USAGE : After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made

MEANING : Original; existing from the beginning, giving origin to something derived
or developed.
(Things that belongs to very time in the history of the world)
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Primordial
USAGE : Mark has primordial teeth issue from about some time.

MEANING : Having the original purity,untouched; uncorrupted, unsullied.

(something that is extremely clean or new)
SYNONYMS : Untouched, unpolluted, undefiled.
ANTONYMS :
Pristine USAGE : One car was in pristine condition; the other car had a window broken.

MEANING : Honesty; high-mindness, integrity and up uprightness

SYNONYMS : Rectitude
ANTONYMS : Dishonesty
USAGE : The monk asserted his innocence and his financial probity.
Probity

MEANING : Posing a problem; doubtful, uncertain, questionable

SYNONYMS : unsure, indeterminate, ambiguous, dubious, precarious
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Some places are more problematic than others for women traveling alone.
Problematic
 MEANING : 1. wasteful; extravagant; giving or yielding profusely, lavish, (person who
spend more)
2. If someone leave house as bad person and came back as good.
SYNONYMS : Profuse, profligate, copious, bounteous
ANTONYMS : cautious, provident
Prodigal USAGE : If you spend your nights in public, you're a profligate ; and if you spend
them at home, you're a secret drinker.

MEANING : Having deep insight and understanding , Going far beneath what is
superficial, external, or obvious, not superficial(external , outward)
SYNONYMS : Deep, sagacious
ANTONYMS : Shallow, superficial
Profound USAGE :

MEANING : So high as to prevent the purchase or use of, forbidding something, to

limit, restrict expenditure
SYNONYMS : Prevent , stop
ANTONYMS : Unrestricted, unlimited.
Prohibitive USAGE : The cost private treatment can be prohibitive.

MEANING : To increase rapidly, to produce or grow by multiplication of parts

SYNONYMS : Breed, engender, escalate, expand, burgeon
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. Computerized database are proliferating fast.
Proliferate 2. The skin disease is proliferating fast.

MEANING : A normal Inclination, tendency

SYNONYMS : leaning, bent, disposition, penchant, proclivity.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A propensity to drink too much.
Propensity
 MEANING : To make favorably inclined, conciliate(To win over) (you stop them from
being angry or impatient by doing something to please them or you can say win
over in making appease).
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Propitiate
USAGE : Mother propitiated her child for about an hour.

MEANING : Correct conduct, fitness or rightness or justness, suitability (Quality of

being socially or morally acceptance)
SYNONYMS : Decency, modestly, etiquette, aptness
ANTONYMS :
Propriety USAGE : There sense of social propriety is eroded.

MEANING : To condemn or denounce as dangerous or harmful, forbid, outlaw,

disagree, prohibit
SYNONYMS : Disapprove, censure, repudiate
ANTONYMS :
Proscribe USAGE : In come cultures surgery are proscribe

MEANING : Providing for future or foresight need, frugal, thrifty, economical

SYNONYMS : caution, prudent, frugal, penny-wise, not wasteful
ANTONYMS : careless
USAGE : However, we are not a provident race, and we are not likely to become
Provident one.

MEANING : Powerful, mighty, potent

SYNONYMS : capable, energetic
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : When England became reformed, a puissant individualism joined its might
Puissant to the great unity.
 MEANING : Careful in observing rules for behavior, extremely attentive.
SYNONYMS : Precise, demanding, careful, conscientious, scrupulous
ANTONYMS : Careless
USAGE : Given the circumstances, his behavior to Laura had been punctilious
Punctilious correct.

MEANING : Sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, caustic, to the point.
SYNONYMS : piquant, sharp, sarcastic, bitter, sharp
ANTONYMS : mild, bland, soothing, dull
USAGE : It burns like oil, is of a pungent scent, and a blackish color.
Pungent

MEANING : Lacking courage or resolution, cowardly, faint-hearted, timid

SYNONYMS : fearful, timorous, frightened
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the
Pusillanimous violence.

MEANING : To present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or

claim, often falsely or although you might not believe that claim.
SYNONYMS : purpose, intention, express or imply
ANTONYMS :
Purport USAGE : A document purporting to be official.

MEANING : 1. Marsh, a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to
walk across it.
2. Difficult, unpleasant or complicated situation which is not easy to avoid or escape.
SYNONYMS : Predicament, dilemma, quandary, scrape, jam
ANTONYMS :
Quagmire USAGE : 1. Rain has turned the ground into quagmire.
2. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.
 MEANING : 1. A small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird
2. To lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger, shrink with fear.
SYNONYMS : recoil, cower(to crouch, as fear or shame), blench, flinch(shrink under
pain), wince.
ANTONYMS :
Quail USAGE : He saw before him the long fight for opportunity, position, honor; but he
was not the sort to quail.

MEANING : 1. Having the qualities or accomplishments.

2. Modified, limited, restricted is some way.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Qualified USAGE :

MEANING : Sudden feeling of faintness, illness or nausea, feeling uneasy or pang.

SYNONYMS : Uneasiness, misgiving
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He has no qualms about lying.
Qualm [kwahm]

MEANING : Question, an inquiry, doubt.

SYNONYMS : To ask or inquire about.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : No one queried his presence.
Query

MEANING : To argue over insignificant and irrelevant details. minor objection, petty
or carping criticism.
SYNONYMS : carp(to find faulty), cavil
ANTONYMS :
Quibble USAGE : Lawmakers spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution.
 MEANING : Inactive, still, being at rest, quiet, motionless
SYNONYMS : dormant, latent ,calm
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Cat is sleeping with quiescent mind.
Quiescent

MEANING : Number of member necessary to conduct a meeting

SYNONYMS : particularly chosen group.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : There was not a sufficient number of senators present on that day to form a
Quorum quorum.

MEANING : Witty(assumed in clever way), skillful storyteller, A person who is skilled

in relating to stories or anecdotes(short event) interestingly
SYNONYMS : Anecdotist, narrator, storyteller
ANTONYMS :
Raconteur USAGE : He spoke eight language and was a noted raconteur.

MEANING : 1.To scold with bitter or abusive language

2. Barrier, fencing, support
SYNONYMS : fulminate(to explode with loud noise), inveigh(to protest or attack with
words), castigate(to criticize or punish), rant(to speak extravagantly or violently) ,
revile(to speak abusively).
ANTONYMS :
Rail
USAGE : Yet all I could do was to rail against the unfairness of the unwarranted
punishment.

MEANING : Clothing, apparel, attire

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : I want nothing but raiment and daily bread.
Raiment
 MEANING : 1. The act or process of ramifying - to divide or spread out into branches.
2. Implication, consequence, a related or derived subject, problem, etc.; outgrowth
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The new tax law proved to have many ramifications unforeseen by the
Ramification
lawmakers.

MEANING : 1. distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people;

2. Extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted, (mountain area that do not have much
oxygen )
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1.Rarefied tastes.
Rarefied 2. It is important to the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of
the capital.
3. Living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied.

MEANING : Fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.

SYNONYMS : logic, basis, grounds
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : At what rationale did you fired chris from company.
Rationale

MEANING : a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that

suggest that word or phrase or its syllables
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Rebus USAGE : Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
Image: Rebus

MEANING : 1. Resisting authority or control, not obedient or complaint,

refractory(hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient)
SYNONYMS : resistant, rebellious, oppose, unrly
ANTONYMS :
Recalcitrant USAGE : The Government's recalcitrance to introducing new political reform.
 MEANING : Retract, to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc., especially
formally
(You publicly say that you no longer hold a set of belief's that you in the past.)
SYNONYMS : deny, revoke, recall, rescind
ANTONYMS :
Recant
USAGE : White house official ordered Williams to recant.

MEANING : Person who lives in seclusion or apart from society and often in solitude.
(Person who live alone and deliberately avoids other people)
SYNONYMS : Seclusion, solitary
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. His window became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
Recluse
2. Tarzan from his childhood became recluse

MEANING : 1. Dealing with a very profound, difficult or abstruse subject matter,

2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric(private or confidential;
understood by very few who has special knowledge.)
3. Little know; obscure(not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague or uncertain)
[Area of knowledge or learning are difficult to understand and not many people
know about them.]

SYNONYMS : doubtful. dubious, secluded, inconspicuous, blurred, veiled,

unnoticed, dusky, somber
Recondite

ANTONYMS : certain, clear, noted, conspicuous, bright.

USAGE : Her poems are modishly experimental in style and recondite in subject
matter.

MEANING : 1. Formidable, arousing fear or to be feared.

2. Commanding or evoking respect, reverence or like.
[You respect them because they have a very strong character, even though you are
slightly afraid of them.]
SYNONYMS :
Redoubtable ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He is a redoubtable fighter.
 MEANING : Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient, resisting
ordinary methods of treatment.
[People are difficult to deal with or control, usually because they are unwilling to
obey orders]
SYNONYMS : recalcitrant, obstinate, perverse, mulish, headstrong, unrly.
Refractory ANTONYMS : obedient, tractable.
USAGE : Refractory priests who refused to side with the king.

MEANING : Brightly shining, resplendent, radiant, gleaming

SYNONYMS : luminous
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent
Refulgent setting for the ball.

MEANING : To contradict, disprove, to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion

or charge.
SYNONYMS : disprove, rebut, confute.
ANTONYMS :
Refute USAGE : It was the kind of rumor that it is impossible to refute.

MEANING : To entertain lavishly or agreeably, delight, feast, refreshment.

[If someone or jokes, they tell you a lot of them, whether you want to hear them or
not]
SYNONYMS : amuse, give a party, ply, gratify
ANTONYMS :
Regale
USAGE : He was constantly regaled with tales of woes.

MEANING : To send or consign(to handle or deliver) to an inferior position, place, or

condition; To assign or refer to a particular class or kind; To send into exile, banish.
SYNONYMS : delegate, entrust
ANTONYMS :
Relegate USAGE : He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
 MEANING : To say or plead in objection, protest or disapproval.
[You protest to them about something you do not want to approve or agree with
and you try to get it changed or stopped]
SYNONYMS : argue, object, expostulate.
ANTONYMS :
Remonstrate USAGE : Stewart expected him to remonstrate, and was surprised at his acceptance
of defeat.
Remonstrate
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MEANING : To go back on one's word, deny, break promise, renounce, disown.

[They do not do what they have promised or agreed to do.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Renege USAGE : He renege on a promise to leave his wife.

MEANING : To making of amends for wrong or injury done, compensation

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Israel accepted billions of dollar in war reparation.
Reparation

MEANING : Fret(to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent), complain

SYNONYMS : regret, whimper, languish, grumble
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : They repine not for luxuries of which they can have no notion.
Repine

MEANING : repetition, especially of a piece of music, repeat

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.
Reprise
 MEANING : To find fault with, blame, censure, to upbraid, discredit
SYNONYMS : abuse, admonish, blemish, indignity, ignominy
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : She is quick to reproach anyone anyone who doesn't live up to her own
Reproach high standards.

MEANING : 1. Morally unprincipled person; depraved, wicked(evil or corrupt) or bad

person
2. A person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
[They behave in a way that is not responsible or morally correct]
SYNONYMS : Tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch, pariah, rascal, cad,
rogue, outcast.
Reprobate
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A drunken reprobate.

MEANING : To reject as having no authority, to cast off, disown, to reject with denial.
[Show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with
them in any way]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Repudiate USAGE : Leaders urged people to turn out in large number to repudiate the
violence.

MEANING : To cancel, void, null; abrogate, annul, revoke, repeal. To invalidate by a

later action or a higher authority.
SYNONYMS : nullify, retract, withdraw, countermand, repeal, veto
ANTONYMS :
Rescind USAGE : The governor does not have the authority to rescind the ruling.

MEANING : Determination or decision, resolve

SYNONYMS : perseverance, tenacity, strength, fortitude, boldness
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1.She showed her resolution by not attending the meeting.
2, He replied that the UN has passed two major resolution calling for a complete
Resolution
withdrawal.
 MEANING : 1. Determination, firmness of purpose
2. To come to a definite or earnest decision
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
Resolve
2. To resolve on a plan of action.

MEANING : Not speaking freely, reserved, reluctant, restrained.

SYNONYMS : taciturn, quiet, uncommunicative
ANTONYMS : talkative, voluble.
USAGE :
Reticent

MEANING : expressing deep respect, worshipful, feeling reverence.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : a reverent greeting.
Reverent

MEANING : Retaliatory action or retort; quick, sharp return in speech or action,

couterstroke
SYNONYMS : retaliate(to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.)
ANTONYMS :
Riposte USAGE : A brilliant riposte to an insult.

MEANING : Excessively ornate; Rococo buildings, furniture and works of art often
include complicated curly decoration.
[Decorative style that was popular in Europe in the eighteenth century]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Rococo
USAGE :
 MEANING : Protocol, title or heading;
[Title or heading under which something operates or is studied; rules or instruction
in the beginning of examination]
SYNONYMS : policy , instructions, formula, prescript
ANTONYMS :
Rubric
USAGE :

MEANING : Regret, to feel sorrow over, repent of

SYNONYMS : compassion, pity, sorrow, repentance, Repine
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : To rue the loss of opportunities.
Rue

MEANING : Trick, crafty stratagem(plan, scheme or trick to deceive enemy), artifice

SYNONYMS : deceit, booby trap, dodge, hoax
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them.
Ruse

MEANING : 1. Wise; a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.

2 .Sage is herb used for cooking.
SYNONYMS : judicious, prudent(wise in practical affairs),philosopher,
sagacious(clever, intelligent, perspicacious)
ANTONYMS : fool , unreasonable.
Sage USAGE : Have you heard about Vakkali, the Buddhist sage who attained Nirvana
while slicing his own throat?

MEANING : Lascivious, lustful or lecherous

SYNONYMS : obscene, grossly indecent, lewd, wanton, libidinous, pornographic
ANTONYMS : modest
USAGE : The newspaper once again filed their columns with salacious details.
Salacious
 MEANING : 1.healthful; favorable to promoting health.
2. Respectable or social desirable.
SYNONYMS : beneficial
ANTONYMS :
Salubrious USAGE : The salubrious climate of north.

MEANING : 1. Expecting an improvement, favorable to health.

2. Promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose, wholesome
[Its good for you, even though it may seem difficult or unpleasant at first]
SYNONYMS : Healthy
ANTONYMS :
Salutary
USAGE : It was a salutary experience to be in the minority.

MEANING : To approve, ratify, permit

SYNONYMS : authority permission, confirm, approbation, acquiescence.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Newspaper run by citizens without the sanction of the goverment
Sanction

MEANING : cynical, scornfully mocking; characterized by bitter or scornful derision,

mocking, sneering
[Attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical]
SYNONYMS : biting, mordant, contemptuous.
ANTONYMS :
Sardonic USAGE : He was a big, sardonic man, who intimidated even the most self-confident
students.

MEANING : Pertaining or relating to tailors or style trade; relation to clothing or style

or manner of dress
[Relating to clothes and to the way they are made or worn]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Sartorial
USAGE : Sebastian's sartorial elegance.
 MEANING : To satisfy, sate;
To supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
[You have all you need or all you want of it, often so much that you become tired of
it.]
SYNONYMS : glut, stuff, gorge
Satiate ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets.

MEANING : imbue throughout, soak thoroughly

[They fill it completely so that no more can be added or they become extremely wet
]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Saturate USAGE : 1. In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves
2. If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, it should be discarded and placed.

MEANING : 1. Gloomy(dim , dull), sluggish(lazy, inactive) in temperament,

taciturn(silent in expression)
2. Suffering from lead poisoning or due to absorbing lead, as bodily disorder.
[If some is saturnine is serious and unfriendly]
SYNONYMS :
Saturnine ANTONYMS :
USAGE : she has saturnine expression on her face.

MEANING : a creature that is half-man, half beast, with the horns and legs of a goat
has lustfulness; lascivious or lecher
SYNONYMS : lady killer, Don Jaun, debaucher, gigolo
ANTONYMS :
Satyr USAGE :

MEANING : 1. To enjoy
2. Have a distinctive flavor or smell; distinctive quality or property.
SYNONYMS : odor, relish, scent, fragrance, smack
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. He savored her new-found freedom.
Savor
2. Just relax, eat slowly and savor the full flavor of food
 MEANING : Relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram.
SYNONYMS : diagram, plan, planning
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Read the schematic before attempting any repairs.
Schematic

MEANING :
1. Produce and release substance into organism. ; To generate, release and discharge
by the process of secretion.
2. Hide, conceal, the place out of sight
SYNONYMS : cover, shroud, disguise, hide
Secrete ANTONYMS :
USAGE :

MEANING : Behavior prompting rebellion ; discontent or rebellion against a

government.
SYNONYMS : mutiny(revolt or rebellion against), insurrection, treason
ANTONYMS :
Sedition USAGE : Government official charged him for sedition.

MEANING : Diligent(constant in effort to accomplish something ) in application or

attention, Assiduous, persevering(try to put efforts and not to give up)
2. Persistently or carefully maintained
SYNONYMS : hard working , determined
ANTONYMS :
Sedulous
USAGE : Sedulous acting of move to have a piece of cheese

MEANING : 1. Relating to earthquakes, whether its due to natural or artificial causes.

2. Shift or sudden/dramatic change .
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1. Earthquakes produce two type of seismic waves.
Seismic 2. I have never seen such seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of
time.
 MEANING : arousing or exciting the senses or appetites; gratifying the physical
(sexual) senses
SYNONYMS : lewd, unchaste, Voluptuous, sensuous
ANTONYMS :
Sensual USAGE : The wave and curve of her blonde hair gave her sensuality and youth.

MEANING : relating to the senses

[Giving pleasure to the mind or body through the sense]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Sensuous USAGE : The film is ravishing to look at and boasts a sensuous musical store.

MEANING : Aware, conscious, able to perceive(recognize or aware)

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Visitor in zoo is sentient about the present of Chimpanzee.
Sentient

MEANING : slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning (young deer), obedient

[Eager to obey someone or do things for them]
SYNONYMS : compliant, differential , slavery,oppressed, cringing, sycophantic
ANTONYMS : aggressive, exalted
Servile USAGE : I found that I reverted to a housewife stereotype as servile as my grandma.

MEANING : navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :
Sextant

MEANING : a piece of broken glass or pottery, fragment

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Shard glass from the historic church was recently donated to the museum,
Shard which is scheduled to open in 2015.
 MEANING : relating to the stars; determined by or from the stars.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : sidereal time
Sidereal

MEANING : Apelike, relating to or characteristics of apes or monkeys

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : long, simian fingers
Simian

MEANING : Comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as" ; A figure of
speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose."
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Simile [sim-uh-lee] USAGE : He sleep like a wood.

MEANING : well-paying job(office or position) that requires little or no work

[You receive payment but which does not involve much work or responsibility]
SYNONYMS : dead buck
ANTONYMS :
Sinecure USAGE : She found him an exalted sinecure as a fellow of the Library of Congress.

MEANING : Unique, extraordinary, odd, remarkable, exceptional

SYNONYMS : peculiar, bizarre, rare, uncommon
ANTONYMS : usual
USAGE : The fifteen case endings of the singular form of the Finnish noun.
Singular Singular
Image:

MEANING : Having many curves, bends, or turns; winding ; intricate, complex

SYNONYMS : Indirect, twisting, twining, coiled, serpentine, meandering.
ANTONYMS : straight, direct
USAGE : The silent, sinuous approach of snake through the long grass.
Sinuous
 MEANING : One who doubts or question
SYNONYMS : doubter, atheist (denies or disbelieves)
[Person who has a doubt about things that other people believe]
ANTONYMS : believer
Skeptic USAGE : He is a skeptic who tries to keep an open mind.

MEANING : Seriousness and thoughtful behavior

[serious or the state of being sober rather than drunk]
SYNONYMS : self-control, self-restraint
ANTONYMS :
Sobriety USAGE : The values society depends upon, such as honesty, sobriety and trust.

MEANING : Thoroughly soaked liquid or moisture, saturated; heavy, lump or soggy,

as food that is poorly cooked.
[1. Extremely wet
2. Seething - You are very angry about something but do not express your feeling
about it.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Sodden
USAGE :
1. We stripped off our sodden clothes.
2. She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething.

MEANING : Anxious or concerned, attentive, eager, care

SYNONYMS : mindful, regardful, attentive
ANTONYMS : unconcerned, careless
USAGE :
1. Solicitous about a person's health.
Solicitous
2. He was always solicitous to please.
 MEANING :
1. literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others or
oblivious(unaware) to any hearers present.
2. The act of talking while or as if alone.
[Its a speech in a play in which an actor or actress speaks to himself or herself and to
the audience, rather then talking to another actor]
Soliloquy SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Hamlet's soliloquy begins with "To be or not to be.".

MEANING : 1. Able to meet financial obligations, able to pay all just debts.
2. A substance that dissolves another to form a solution
[1. They have enough money to pay all their debts
2. Liquid that can dissolve another substance]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Solvent
USAGE : 1. They're going to have to show that the company is now solvent.
2. Small amount of cleaning solvent.

MEANING : Relating to or affecting the body, corporal

SYNONYMS : corporal
ANTONYMS : psychic
USAGE : They have all kind of somatic pains, body pains that come and go.
Somatic

MEANING : Causing or tending to cause sleep.

SYNONYMS : Sleepiness, sleepy, drowsy
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He sounds like a soporific senator defending the ugly compromises of
Soporific Washington.
 MEANING : Filthy or dirty, contemptible and corrupt; selfish or mercenary; squalid
(miserable, degraded)
[Its means someone is :
1. Dishonest or immoral
2. Dirty, unpleasant]
SYNONYMS : degraded, depraved, avaricious, stingy, unclean, foul
ANTONYMS : honorable, generous, clean
Sordid
USAGE :
1. He sat with his head buried in his hands as his sordid double life was revealed.
2. The attic windows of their sordid little rooms.

MEANING : Seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so; pleasing to eye but
deceptive
SYNONYMS : plausible but false, misleading
ANTONYMS : genuine
Specious USAGE :

MEANING : band of color, broad range of related ideas or objects

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Politicians across the political spectrum have denounced the act.
Spectrum

MEANING : Person who spends money recklessly or wastefully, prodigal,

extravagant
SYNONYMS : wasteful, improvident, profligate.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He had acquired this from his mother's teachings and his father's spendthrift
Spendthrift
ways.

MEANING : Irregular, occasional, scattered

SYNONYMS : separate, unconnected
ANTONYMS : continuous
USAGE : 1. The sporadic growth of plants.
Sporadic 2. Sudden sporadic lighting in the clouds.
 MEANING : Squalid, Filthy, misery wretched condition
SYNONYMS : wretchedness
ANTONYMS : splendor
USAGE :
Squalor

MEANING : Shortened and detached when played or sung; marked by abrupt,

clear-cut sounds.
[A Staccato noise consists of a series of short, sharp, separate sounds.]
SYNONYMS : broken record.
ANTONYMS : instance
Staccato
USAGE : He spoke in Arabic, a short staccato burst.

MEANING : To stop or check the flow of(a liquid, especially blood), allay, extinguish
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The Obama administration began 2009 with an aggressive stimulus to
Stanch stanch the rapid deterioration of the economy.

MEANING : Very loud or powerful in sound; extremely loud

SYNONYMS : blaring, orotund, sonorous
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
Stentorian

MEANING : Mark of disgrace, infamy or inferiority; stain or reproach, as on one's

reputation
SYNONYMS : defame
[If something has a stigma attached to it, people think it is something to be ashamed
of.]
Stigma ANTONYMS :
USAGE : There is a stigma attached to cancer.
 MEANING : 1. To be sparing or frugal(economical in use or expenditure or not
wasteful); restrict, check or limit to a certain amount.
2. A period of time spent doing something
[A Stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or
working in a particular place.]
SYNONYMS :
Stint ANTONYMS :
USAGE : 1.They stinted for years in order to save money
2. He is coming to his country after a five years of stint in Hong Kong.

MEANING : To specify as an essential condition; to make an express demand or

arrangement as a condition of agreement.
[If you stipulate a condition or stipulate that something must be done, you say
clearly that it must be done]
SYNONYMS : Specify, designate, indicate, cite
ANTONYMS :
Stipulate
USAGE : She could have stipulated that she would pay when she collected the
computer

MEANING : Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional, impassive; Having or

showing little emotion
SYNONYMS : Apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic
ANTONYMS :
Stolid USAGE : He glanced furtively at the stolid faces of the two detectives.

MEANING : Arranged in layers; To form or place in strata or layers.

[A Stratified society is one that is divided into different classes or social layers]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Stratified USAGE : A highly stratified, unequal and class-divided society.

MEANING : Marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels.

SYNONYMS : With striae, furrowed, striped, streaked
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The tiger is striated or striped, while the black on the jaguar is in beautiful
Striated eye-like rosettes.
 MEANING :
1.Something that restrains, restrict or limit.
2. Remark or comment, especially negative or adverse criticism
[1. Sever criticism or disapproval
2. Limit or restrict]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Stricture
USAGE :
1. Yours goals are hindered by financial strictures.
2. The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.

MEANING : Loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy that others uncomfortable;

having a shrill, irritating quality or character.
[They make their feeling or opinions known people in a very strong way that perhaps
make the people uncomfortable.]
SYNONYMS : Stentorian
ANTONYMS :
Strident
USAGE : 1. A strident tone in his writings.
2. She is increasingly seen as a strident feminist.

MEANING : 1. To swagger, display to impress others; strutting walk or gait to impress

.
2. Any of various structural members, as in trusses, primarily intended to resist or
support longitudinal compression.
[1. Walk in a proud way, with their head held high and their chest out, as if they are
Strut very important.
2. A piece of wood or metal hold the weight of other pieces in a building or other
structure]
SYNONYMS : Parade, flourish
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He struts around the town like he owns the place.

MEANING : To impair or reduce to uselessness; to make or cause foolish or

ridiculous.
[If something stultifies you or your energy or ambition, it makes you feel empty or
dull in your mind because its so boring]
SYNONYMS : Frustrate, hinder, thwart, cripple, impede, impair
Stultify ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The stultify routines of life at home.
 MEANING : To dull the senses of, stun, astonish,astound
[If something stupefies you, it shocks or surprises you so much that you cannot think
properly for a while.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Stupefy
USAGE : A violent slap on the side of the head, which stunned and stupefy her.

MEANING : Of or relating to the river Styx or the Hades; dark and gloomy,
hellish(like hell,vile, horrible or miserable) or infernal
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : After the hellish morning we had had, the afternoon thus became
Stygian
comparatively quiet.

MEANING : Submission of evidence before the court; notice ordering someone to

appear in court
[A subpoena is a legal document that they must attend a court of law and give
evidence as a witness]
SYNONYMS : court order, command, mandate, warrant
Subpoena ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He has been served with a subpoena to answer the charges in court.

MEANING : To settle down, to sink or fall to the bottom, precipitate ; to become

quiet, inactive, less violent, abate; lower level
SYNONYMS : Decline, descend, settle, diminish, lessen, wane,ebb
ANTONYMS : rise, increase
Subside USAGE : To cause coffee grounds to subside.

MEANING : To support with proof or evidence

[To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it
is true]
SYNONYMS : affirm,prove, attest to, authenticate
ANTONYMS :
Substantiate
USAGE : There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims.
 MEANING : essential; belonging to real nature or essential part of thing; real or
actual
[Substantive negotiations or issues deal with the most important and central aspects
of a subject]
SYNONYMS : Important
ANTONYMS :
Substantive
USAGE : 1. Substantive issues under discussion.
2. They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.

MEANING : To include or consider, incorporate; To bring(a case, instance, etc.)

under the rule.
[If something is subsumed within a larger group or class, it is included within it, rather
than being considered as something separate]
SYNONYMS : contain, involve, classify, encompass
ANTONYMS :
Subsume
USAGE : After that the two alliances might be subsumed into a new European
security system.

MEANING : Intended to undermine, overthrow,destroy or under-throw, especially an

established government.
[Something that is subversive is intended to weaken or destroy a political system or
government]
SYNONYMS : traitorous, treacherous, seditious, destructive
Subversive ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The play was promptly banned as subversive and possibly treasonous.

MEANING : Relief, help, aid and assistance in time of distress or want.

SYNONYMS : Support, help
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : She must have heard and have known that people were there, trying to
Succor succor her

MEANING : The right to vote

SYNONYMS : ballot, petition
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The women's suffrage movement
Suffrage
 MEANING : Various or diverse
(All and sundry -> Everyone,collectively and individually)
[If someone refers to sundry people or things, they are referring to several people
or things that are all different from each other]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Sundry
USAGE : Scientists, business people and sundry others gathered on Monday for the
official opening
Sundry
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MEANING : To replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated

[If something is superseded by something newer, it is replaced because it has
become old fashioned or unacceptable]
SYNONYMS : supplant
ANTONYMS :
Supersede
USAGE : They superseded the old dish antenna with a new one.

MEANING : 1. Lying in the back and face or front upward, marked by lethargy.
2. (On the hand) having the palm upward
3. Inactive, passive or inert(having no inherent power of action)
[If you are supine, you are lying flat on back]
SYNONYMS :
Supine ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Bedridden persons confined to the supine position

MEANING : To replace, substitute, to replace (one thing) by something else.

[If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or things takes their place]
SYNONYMS : remove, succeed, supersede
ANTONYMS :
Supplant USAGE : He may be supplanted by a younger man.

MEANING : A person who supplicant(to pray humbly; make humble and earnest
entreaty or petition.); beseeching(to eagerly begging), petitioner.
SYNONYMS : beggar, seeker, solicitor
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Later, she could approach death with suppliant hands, but now she must be
Suppliant
ready.
 MEANING : One who asks or pray humbly and earnestly.
[A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person
to help them or to give them something that they want very much]
SYNONYMS : beggar, petitioner
ANTONYMS :
Supplicant
USAGE : He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant

MEANING : The act of assuming to be true or real; assumption; hypothesis.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our
Supposition money comes from competitive contracts.

MEANING : A form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise,

and a conclusion
SYNONYMS : argument(extremely subtle, sophisticated or deceptive
argument),deduction, logic
ANTONYMS :
Syllogism USAGE : Put the proposed syllogism before him, and ask him what he thinks of the
Conclusion.

MEANING : Related to the woods or forest

SYNONYMS : wooded, woody, rustic
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He lived more intensely than any other member of the sylvan household.
Sylvan

MEANING : silently understood without being openly expressed, implied; unspoken

or unvoiced
SYNONYMS : Unexpressed, unsaid, implicit
ANTONYMS : expressed
Tacit USAGE : He tacitly admitted that the government has breached regulations.
 MEANING : Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune.
[A talisman is an object which you believe has magic powers to protect you or bring
you luck]
SYNONYMS : rabbit's foot, fetish
ANTONYMS :
Talisman USAGE : She kept a copy of The Ambassadors as a talisman on her writing desk when
she was working for seven years on her novel Trust.
Talisman
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MEANING : peripheral, irrelevant, digressing or divergent

[I f something is tangential, you mean that is has only a slight or indirect connection
with the thing you are concerning with, and is therefore not worht considering it
seriously]
SYNONYMS :
Tangential ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Too much time is spend discussing tangential issues.

MEANING : unnecessary repetition of an idea

[Tautology is the use of different words to say with same thing twice in the same
statement.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Tautology
USAGE : Its shop named Guy's men's salon is example of tautology.

MEANING : Science or technique of classification.

[Taxonomy is a process of naming and classifying things such as animals and plants
into groups within a large system, according to their similarities and difference.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Taxonomy
USAGE : A proposed taxonomy of educational objectives.

MEANING : Any opinion, principal, belief, doctrine, dogma etc., especially one held
as true by member of a profession, group and movement.
[The tenets of a theory or belief are the main principles on which it is based]
SYNONYMS : belief, position
ANTONYMS :
Tenet
USAGE : Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
 MEANING : Weak(Then or slender in form, as a thread), insubstantial(lacking a sound
basis); lacking clarity, vague.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Tenuous USAGE : He holds a rather tenuous position in history.

MEANING : Earthly, commonplace

[Terrestrial means relating to the planet Earth rather than to some other part of the
universe]
SYNONYMS : terrene, mundane(common,ordinary)
ANTONYMS : celestial
Terrestrial USAGE : This is especially true of the ocean, where impacts are less obvious than for
terrestrial systems.

MEANING : Government by priests representing a god

[A theocracy is a society which is ruled by priests who represent a god.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The demonstrations of this Arab Spring have been a fight for democracy,
Theocracy
not theocracy

MEANING : An actor or actress; related to drama and the theater.

SYNONYMS : artist, entertainer, performer
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :
Thespian

MEANING : The characteristic quality of a sound produced by a particular instrument

or voice; tone color
[The timbre of someone's voice or of a musical instrument is the particular quality of
sound that it has]
SYNONYMS :
Timbre ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The timbre of the violin is far richer than that of the mouth organ.
 MEANING : long, violent speech, verbal assault; a prolonged outburst of bitter or
vehement speech
SYNONYMS : Harangue, diatribe
ANTONYMS :
Tirade USAGE : A tirade against smoking.

MEANING : Flatterer, yes-man, sycophant

SYNONYMS : fawner, parasite, apple polisher
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : I guess they got you up here simply to make you toady to them.
Toady

MEANING : Book, usually large and academic

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Franco optioned the tome back in March 2011, and will star and direct the
Tome flick.

MEANING : Lethargy, dormancy(the act of dormant or asleep or inactive),

sluggishness, apathetic, apathy
[Torpor is the state of being completely inactive mentally or physically, for example,
because of illness or laziness]
SYNONYMS : Sleepiness, drowsiness, slumber, stolidity, listlessness
Torpor ANTONYMS :
USAGE : These are times of torpor in Paris, politically as well as economically.

MEANING : A turning or twisting force

[A Torque is a force that causes something to spin around a central point such as an
axle]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Torque
USAGE : I think the show had lost a certain amount of torque
 MEANING : 1. Having many twists and turns.
2. Highly complex or complicated
SYNONYMS : anfractuous, labyrinthine, meandering
ANTONYMS :
USAGE :
Tortuous 1. The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.
2. This long and tortuous negotiation aimed at ending the conflict.

MEANING : To promote, advertise, publicize or praise energetically; To

solicit(provoke, raise) business, employment, vote etc.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Tout USAGE : A highly touted nightclub.

MEANING : Obedient, yielding; easily managed or controlled; docile(easily

managed, controlled, trained and taught), malleable
SYNONYMS : manageable, willing, governable
ANTONYMS : Stubborn
Tractable USAGE : The General had always been tractable in the hands of his son.

MEANING : Act of trespassing or violating a law or rule

SYNONYMS : breach
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Woman was made for man and became first in the transgression.
Transgression

MEANING : Temporary, lasting only a short time.

SYNONYMS : Fleeting, flitting, fugitive, evanescent
ANTONYMS : permanent
USAGE : There was a transient moment to see the dolphin.
Transient
 MEANING : 1. Partially transparent
2. Easily understandable; Lucid
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Translucent USAGE : Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.

MEANING : Painfully difficult or burdensome work, arduous work, toil or exert; labor
pain.
SYNONYMS : labor, moil, torment, agony, anguish.
ANTONYMS :
Travail USAGE : The team despite their recent travails, are still in the game.

MEANING : Parody(writing or amusing), exaggerated imitation(you try to copy what

other do), caricature
[If you describe something as travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very
bad representation of that other thing.]
SYNONYMS : Burlesque, mockery, perversion, sham, distortion
ANTONYMS :
Travesty
USAGE : Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he
really stood for.

MEANING : Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

[A treatise is a long, formal piece of writing about a particular subject.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Treatise USAGE : Locke's Treatise on Civil Goverment

MEANING : Trembling as from fear, weakness or nervousness, frugal, timid, timorous,

fearful;
SYNONYMS : faltering, hesitant, wavering, frightened, afraid.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The bridge was tremulous beneath me, and marked the tremor of the solid
Tremulous
earth.
 MEANING : Fear and anxiety; tremulous fear, perturbation, tremor; trembling or
quivering movement.
SYNONYMS : frighten, quivering, shaking.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : It was with some trepidation that I viewed the prospect of cycling across
Trepidation
Uganda

MEANING : Aggressiveness, ferocity, fierce, cruel, brutally harsh.

[You mean that they are bad-tempered and aggressive.]
SYNONYMS : belligerent,
ANTONYMS : amiable, gentle
Truculence USAGE : His truculent criticism of her work.

MEANING : Agreement between lover to meet.

[A tryst is a meeting between lovers in a quiet secret place]
SYNONYMS : Rendezvous, assignation
ANTONYMS :
Tryst USAGE : He even called Ensign during a tryst and demanded he end the affair.

MEANING : swollen or affected with swelling, distended; pompous or inflated,

turgid, bombastic , bulging
SYNONYMS : Distended, turgid, flatulent
ANTONYMS : deflated
Tumid USAGE : The listener's face was tumid and discolored, his eyes bloodshot.

MEANING :
1. Muddy/muddled ,confused, disturbed
2. opaque, not-clear, dense, cloudy
SYNONYMS : murky, cloudy, roiled
ANTONYMS :
Turbid
USAGE : He turbid waters near the waterfall.
 MEANING : Swollen, pompous(important, boastful), bombastic, tumid, flatulent,
overblown, distended(expanded, increase in size, volume etc.)
[A turgid means, you think it is serious and difficult to understand]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Turgid
USAGE : He used to make extremely dull. turgid and frankly awful speeches.

MEANING : Serving as a guardian or protector

SYNONYMS : advisory, priest, deity
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He has since been worshipped as the tutelary god of the Chinese tea
Tutelary merchants.
Tutelary
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MEANING : Mysterious, strange; arousing superstitious fear.

SYNONYMS : preternatural, add, weird
ANTONYMS : Ordinary, natural
USAGE : Uncanny sounds filled the house.
Uncanny

MEANING : Moving in waves

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The flag undulates in the breeze.
Undulating

MEANING : not false or not feigned(pretended, sham, assumed, fictitious), genuine,

sincere
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Unfeigned USAGE : And Louise stared at the Reverend Gabriel in unfeigned astonishment.
 MEANING : Indefensible, not fit to be occupied,
[An argument, theory or position that is untenable cannot be defended successfully
against criticism or attack.]
SYNONYMS : unsound. illogical, unsupported, baseless, groundless, weak,
questionable.
ANTONYMS :
Untenable
USAGE : This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical
standpoint.

MEANING : Not favorable, troublesome, unruly

SYNONYMS : unfortunate, improper. froward, perverse.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
Untoward

MEANING : A practice of lending money at exorbitant(highly excessive) rates.

SYNONYMS : exploitation, stealing
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : That may be usury in one state which is only interest in another.
Usury

MEANING : To waver in mind or opinion, oscillate or fluctuate; be indecisive or

irresolute
SYNONYMS : stagger, totter, hesitate, reel
ANTONYMS :
Vacillate USAGE : His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.

MEANING : Empty, void, lacking intelligence, without contents.

SYNONYMS : purposeless, idle,
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A sudden animation replaced the vacuous stare of the blue eyes.
Vacuous
 MEANING : Pertaining to a farewell; bidding goodbye ,as a occasion
[A valedictory speech, letter or performance is one that in intended as a way of
saying goodbye when someone leaves another person, a place or a job.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Valedictory
USAGE : Mr. Walker made his valedictory address aster two years as chairman.

MEANING : Lacking or having lost life, sharpness or flavor ; tasteless, dull or tedious
SYNONYMS : lifeless, flavorless, spiritless, Unanimated, tiresome, prosaic
ANTONYMS : pungent, stimulating
USAGE : The minister's young and rather vapid wife.
Vapid

MEANING : varied, marked with different colors or patches or spots

SYNONYMS : diversified, diverse
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The front of its breast is of a red colour, its back is variegated with green
Variegated

MEANING : To speak boastfully or vaingloriously, brag,

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : To vaunt one's achievements.
Vaunt

MEANING : Open to bribery, mercenary, corruptible

SYNONYMS : bribable, corrupt
ANTONYMS : incorruptible
USAGE : Ian Trimmer is corrupt and thoroughly venal.
Venal

MEANING : prolonged feud, rivalry marked by bitter hostility.

[Wants revenge from someone for thing happened in past.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Vendetta USAGE : The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal vendetta against him.
 MEANING : To adore, honor, respect, reverence
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : My father venerated General Eisenhower
Venerate

MEANING : Truthful, honest accurate; habitually speaking of truth.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A veracious statement of Mahatma Gandhi.
Veracious

MEANING : Wordy, Characterized by the use of many or two many words.

SYNONYMS : prolix, tedious, inflated, turgid, voluble, talkative, loquacious,
bombastic
ANTONYMS : laconic
Verbose USAGE : His writing difficult and often verbose.

MEANING : Dizziness
[If you get Vertigo when you lock down from a high place, you feel unsteady and
sick]
SYNONYMS : giddiness, lightheartedness, shakiness
ANTONYMS :
Vertigo
USAGE : With mountain warfare I get vertigo and parachuting I get vertigo.

MEANING : Irritation, annoyance, nuisance; The act of vexing.

SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : Rush-hour traffic is a daily vexation.
Vexation

MEANING : Practicable, capable of developing, workable

SYNONYMS : Feasible, usable, adaptable
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A period of history that few teachers can make viable for students.
Viable
 MEANING : Vengeful, Unforgiving; disposed or inclined to revenge.
SYNONYMS : unforgiving, spiteful
ANTONYMS : forgiving
USAGE : A lady developer was harassed by her vindictive ex-boyfriend.
Vindictive

MEANING : Someone with master skills, expert musician.

SYNONYMS : ace, artist, champion
ANTONYMS : greenhorn, rookie
USAGE : One of the nation's leading violin virtuoso.
Virtuoso Virtuoso
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MEANING : Appearance, aspect ; the face, usually with reference to shape, features,
expression, etc.; countenance.
SYNONYMS : Physiognomy, image. face
ANTONYMS :
Visage USAGE : His milky white innocent visage.

MEANING : Thick, syrupy, sticky, adhesive; glutinous nature or consistency; Property

of viscosity.
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Viscous USAGE : Its flesh is fat and viscous, and by no means pleasant to eat.

MEANING : To impair(worsen) the quality of, corrupt morally, faulty, spoil,

debase,pervert; legally defective or invalid.
SYNONYMS : Abate, abolish, abrogate
ANTONYMS :
Vitiate USAGE : Strategic policy during the War was vitiated because of a sharp division.

MEANING : Using or containing harsh, abusive censure

SYNONYMS : castigation, verbal abusive, vilification, spite, scolding, defamation,
aspersion.
ANTONYMS : Praise
Vituperative USAGE : He gave vituperative remark for the movie released.
 MEANING : Dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal
for the purpose of scientific research
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Vivisection USAGE : A fierce opponent of vivissection.

MEANING : Prevailing or something in fashion or practice ; popular currency,

acceptance, or favor; popularity
[It is very popular and fashionable]
SYNONYMS : mode, fashion
ANTONYMS :
Vogue
USAGE : Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.

MEANING : Tending to vary frequently, fickle, changeable

SYNONYMS : eruptive, unstable, unsettled.
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : A volatile political situation.
Volatile Volatile
Image:

MEANING : Whirlpool, tornado, center of turbulence.

[1. A vortex is a mass of wind or water that spins around so fast that it pulls object
down into its empty center
2. You mean that you are being forced into it without being able to prevent it.]
SYNONYMS : Cyclone, spiral, twister
Vortex ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.

MEANING : Justified, authorization and sanction; assurance

SYNONYMS : surety, warranty, permit, writ, order, attest
ANTONYMS :
USAGE : The cavalry and artillery were considered sure warrants of success.
Warranted
 MEANING : Careful, cautious; watchful, being on one's guard against danger
[If you are wary of something or someone, you are cautions because you do not
know much about them and you believe they may be dangerous or cause problems]
SYNONYMS : Alert, attentive
ANTONYMS :
Wary USAGE : To give someone a wary look.
Forest deer was wary by the sense that tiger is close to them.
Image: Wary

MEANING : Roll, toss, wallow or heave about, be in turmoil; confused mass.

[A welter of something is a large quantity of it which occurs suddenly or in a
confused way.]
SYNONYMS : Overturn, tumble
ANTONYMS :
Welter
USAGE : Pigs weltering about happily in the mud.

MEANING : Funny, Fanciful(imaginary or real), unpredictable, capricious

[A whimsical person or idea is usual, playful and unpredictable, rather than serious
and practical]
SYNONYMS : erratic, amusing, comical
ANTONYMS :
Whimsical
USAGE : He was too whimsical with regard to his work.

MEANING : Vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful

[Someone who is wistful is sad because they want something and know that they
cannot have it.]
SYNONYMS :
ANTONYMS :
Wistful
USAGE : I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up.

MEANING : One who is fanatically devoted to a cause; who show zeal or zealous
person; fanatic
[If you describe someone as a zealot, you think that their views and actions are very
extreme, especially in following a particular political or religious belief]
SYNONYMS : extremist, crank, bigot, die-hard
Zealot ANTONYMS :
USAGE : He was forceful, but by no means a zealot