1.Alliteration
Meaning: the occurrence of the
same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent
or closely connected words.
Sentence: "the alliteration of
‘sweet
birds sang’"
2.Sentinel
Meaning: a soldier or guard whose
job is to stand and keep watch.
Synonym: guard, keeper
Sentence: "soldiers stood
sentinel with their muskets"
3.Scarce
Meaning: (especially of food,
money, or some other resource) insufficient for the
demand.
Synonym: scanty, meagre, sparse
Antonym: plentiful, abundant
Sentence: "as raw materials
became scarce, synthetics were developed"
4.Usurp
Meaning: take (a position of power
or importance) illegally or by force.
Synonym: seize, take over,
expropriate,
Antonym: release, relinquish
Sentence: "Richard usurped the
throne"
5.Wanton
Meaning: (of a cruel or violent
action) deliberate and unprovoked
Synonym: deliberate, malicious
Antonym: justifiable
Sentence: "sheer wanton
vandalism"
6.Uncouth
Meaning: lacking good manners,
refinement, or grace.
Synonym: uncivilised, uncultured,
uncultivated, unrefined,
Antonym: refined, cultivated,
polite
Sentence: "he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most
of the time"
7.Perennial
Meaning: lasting or existing for a
long or apparently infinite time; enduring or
continually recurring
Synonym: everlasting, perpetual,
eternal,
Antonym: ceasing, ending, halting,
infrequent, intermittent, interrupted,
occasional, temporary
Sentence:"his perennial distrust of the
media"
8.Allude
Meaning: suggest or call attention
to indirectly; hint at, mention without
discussing at length.
Synonym: refer to, suggest, hint
at, imply, mention,
Antonym: announce, declare,
proclaim; elucidate, explain, spell out
Sentence: she had a way of alluding
to Jean but never saying her name"
9.Specious
Meaning: superficially plausible,
but actually wrong., misleading in appearance,
especially misleadingly attractive
Synonym: misleading, deceptive,
false, fallacious,
Antonym: candid, direct,
foursquare,
Sentence: "a specious
argument"
10.Alleviate
Meaning: make (suffering,
deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
Synonym: reduce, ease, relieve
Antonym: aggravate
Sentence: "he
couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it".
11.Modicum
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing,
especially something desirable or
valuable
Synonym: particle, degree, speck,
fragment, scrap,
Sentence: "his statement had a
modicum of truth"
12.Blasphemous
Meaning: sacrilegious against God
or sacred things; profane.
Synonym: irreligious, irreverent,
impious, ungodly,
Antonym: reverent
Sentence: "blasphemous and
heretical talk"
13.Bibliophile
Meaning: a person who collects
or has a great love of books
Synonym: book lover, bookworm
Sentence: John is a bibliophile.
14.Biennial
Meaning: taking place every other
year, an event celebrated or taking place every
two years Sentence: "the top
antique fairs are the Milan and
Florence biennials"
15.Blasphemous
Meaning: sacrilegious against God
or sacred things; profane.
Synonym: irreligious, irreverent,
impious, ungodly,
Antonym: reverent
Sentence: "blasphemous and
heretical talk"
16.Epiphany
Meaning: A moment of sudden
understanding or revelation
Synonym: Flash, oracle
Antonym: Confusion, Secret
Sentence: In the first grade, I
experienced an epiphany that girls were always
treated differently than boys.
17.Erudite
Meaning: Well- educated
Synonym: literate, scholarly
Antonym: uneducated, ignorant
Sentence: As to what India
derived from Greece there has been a good deal of
erudite debate.
18.Recede
Meaning: Pull back or move away or
backward
Synonym: subside, ebb, taper
Antonym: forge, ascend, prolong
Sentence: The unhappy memories of
her childhood receded as she grew older
19.Besiege
Meaning: surround (a place) with
armed forces in order to capture it.
Synonym: beleaguer, blockade,
surround
Antonym: release, relieve,
reprieve; comfort, console,
Sentence: "she spent the whole
day besieged by newsmen"
20.Sonorous
Meaning:(of a person's voice or
other sound) imposingly deep and full.
Synonym: deep, clear, mellow,
mellifluous, melodious, full-toned,
Antonym: serene, soothing,
tranquil;
Sentence:"he read
aloud with a sonorous and musical voice"
21.Attrition
Meaning: A wearing down to
weaken or destroy
Synonym: erosion, grinding
Antonym: building, happiness
Sentence: The difficulty was to
overcome its susceptibility to attrition.
22.Quixotic
Meaning: idealistic
Synonym: dreamy, foolish,
impractical
Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise
Sentence: That sounds quixotically
noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of
marriage.
23.Regale
Meaning: entertain or amuse
(someone) with talk.
Synonym: entertain, amuse, divert,
delight, fascinate
Antonym: anger, annoy, bore, dull,
tire, upset
Sentence: "he regaled her with
a colourful account of that afternoon's meeting"
24.Remorse
Meaning: deep regret or guilt for
a wrong committed.
Synonym: contrition, deep regret,
repentance, penitence
Sentence: "they were filled
with remorse and shame"
25.Banal
Meaning: so lacking in originality
as to be obvious and boring.
Synonym: trite, hackneyed,
clichéd, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace
Antonym: original
Sentence: "songs with banal,
repeated words"
26.Blandish
Meaning: coax (someone) with kind
words or flattery.
Synonym: cajole, palaver
Antonym: bulldoze, bully,
intimidate;
Sentence: "I was blandishing
her with imprudence to get her off the subject"
27.Clandestine
Meaning: done in a private place
or way: done secretly
Synonym: Furtive, surreptitious,
hole &corner, hugger-mugger
Sentence: “I took a clandestine
peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace”
28.Palaver
Meaning: prolonged and tedious
fuss or discussion.
Synonym: bother, commotion,
trouble, rigmarole, chatter
Sentence: "mucking around with
finances and all that palaver"
29.Blatant
Meaning: (of bad behaviour) done
openly and unashamedly.
Synonym: flagrant, glaring,
obvious, undisguised,
Sentence: "blatant lies"
30.Picaresque
Meaning: relating to an episodic
style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a
rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
Synonym: dishonest, dishonorable
Sentence: "a
picaresque adventure novel".
31.Placate
Meaning: make (someone) less angry
or hostile.
Synonym: appease, assuage,
conciliate,
Antonym: aggravate, annoy,
antagonize, bother,
Sentence: "they attempted to
placate the students with promises"
32.Placid
Meaning: not easily upset or
excited., calm and peaceful, with little movement or
activity.
Synonym: even-tempered, calm,
equable, tranquil, imperturbable,
Antonym: excitable, temperamental
Sentence: "a placid, contented
man"
33.Plagiarize
Meaning: take (the work or an idea
of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.
Synonym: infringe the copyright
of, pirate, steal, poach, borrow,
Sentence: "he was fined $6,000
for having plagiarized the song"
34.Plaintive
Meaning: sounding sad and
mournful.
Synonym: mournful, sad, wistful,
doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy,
Antonym: delighted, exulting,
glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant;
Sentence: "a plaintive
cry"
35.Platonic
Meaning: (of love or friendship)
intimate and affectionate but not sexual.
Synonym: utopian, ideal,
idealistic
Antonym: physical
Sentence: "their relationship
is purely platonic"
36.Plauditory
Meaning: a sudden feeling of
annoyance or anger when someone has offended
you
Sentence: He slammed the door in a
fit of pique.
37.Pillage
Meaning: rob a (place) using violence,
especially in wartime.
Synonym: robbery, robbing,
raiding,
Sentence: "the abbey was
plundered and pillaged"
38.Pinnacle
Meaning: the most successful
point; the culmination.
Synonym: apex, vertex, zenith,
apogee,
Sentence: "he had reached the
pinnacle of his career"
39.Piquant
Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp
taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly
stimulating or exciting to the mind.
Synonym: intriguing, stimulating,
interesting, fascinating,
Antonym: bland, insipid, dull
Sentence: "a piquant tartare
sauce"
40.Pittance
Meaning: a very small or
inadequate amount of money.
Synonym: a very small amount, a
tiny amount, an insufficient amount, next to
nothing, very little;
Sentence: "he paid his workers
a pittance"
41.Jejune
Meaning: naive, simplistic, and
superficial, (of ideas or writings) dry and
uninteresting
Synonym: childish, innocuous
Antonym:
Sentence:"their entirely
predictable and usually jejune opinions"
42.Burgeon
Meaning: begin to grow or increase
rapidly; flourish.
Synonym: boom, mushroom,
proliferate,
Antonym: shrink
Sentence:"manufacturers are
keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand"
43.Buffoon
Meaning: a ridiculous but
amusing person; a clown.
Synonym: clown, antic, comedian
Sentence: I wonder when my
thirty-year-old son will stop acting like a buffoon
and begin to take life seriously.
44.Protrude
Meaning: extend beyond or above a
surface.
Synonym: stand out, come through,
peek, poke
Antonym: sunken, inconspicuous
Sentence:"something like a
fin protruded from the water"
45.Erosion
Meaning: the process of eroding or
being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
Synonym: wearing away, abrasion
Sentence: "the problem of soil
erosion
46.Protégé
Meaning: a person who is guided
and supported by an older and more experienced
or influential person
Synonym: pupil, student, trainee,
apprentice;
Sentence:"Ruskin submitted
his protégé's name for election"
47.Juxtaposition
Meaning: the fact of two things
being seen or placed close together with
contrasting effect.
Synonym: comparison, contrast;
Sentence: "the juxtaposition
of these two images"
48.Conundrum
Meaning: a confusing and difficult
problem or question.
Synonym: dilemma, problem,
Sentence: "one of the most
difficult conundrums for the experts"
49.Jingoism
Meaning: extreme patriotism,
especially in the form of aggressive or warlike
foreign policy.
Synonym: blind patriotism,
chauvinism, extreme nationalism
Sentence:"the popular
jingoism that swept the lower–middle classes"
50.Provoke
Meaning: stimulate or give rise to
(a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or
unwelcome one) in someone.
Synonym: arouse, produce, evoke,
Antonym: pacify, appease
Sentence: "the decision
provoked a storm of protest from civil rights
organizations"
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