Synonyms and Antonyms | English Grammar

 Synonyms and Antonyms

Synonyms mean meaning while Antonyms means Opposites. However, the catch is Synonyms & Antonyms are restricted to one word. Synonyms & Antonyms are frequently asked in exams like SSC CGL, NDA, IBPS, UPSC, MBA, bank and insurance exams. A student having good knowledge of Synonyms & Antonyms can write better Essays and Reports. They are asked in Match the Following, Reading Comprehensions, etc. Here’s an alphabetical list of Frequently Asked Synonyms & Antonyms.

What is a Synonym?

Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Example: Breeze and Wind. Synonyms can literally mean different but they can be used in place of each other to maintain the meaning of the sentence.

What is an Antonym?

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Example: Happy and Sad. They can be used to replace negative statements. Example: 'He is not happy.' can be written as 'He is sad.' 

Aa

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

Bb

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

Cc

Word	Meaning	Synonym	Antonym	Sentence
Cachet	An indication of approved or superior status	prestige, stature, design	anonymity, analogy, infiltrate	People want to go to see events which have the cachet of being broadcast.
Captivate	Attract, enchant	beguile, gratify, draw	Offend, pain, depress	With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.
Churlish	crude	rude, uncivilised	happy, nice, refined	His is no churlish spirit to turn away from the good things kind Heaven has provided for man.
Cohort	partner in activity	companion, comrade, disciple	enemy, foe, opponent	The cohort on duty was drawn up under arms at the palace gates
Colloquy	A conversation especially a formal one	parley, conference, clambake	quiet, silence	They could scarcely have spoken a hundred words before their colloquy was at an end.
Colossal	very large	Enormous, immense	Little, miniscule	The Frankish chief who stood before me was a man of colossal stature.
Convulse	Disturb	Shake up, torment	Calm, Quiet	The feverish patient convulsed around in his bed.
Covenant	A formal agreement between two or more parties to perform or not perform some action	promise, convention, bargain	disagreement, misunderstanding, denial	The contract contained a restrictive covenant against building on the land.
Coveted	desire strongly	choose, fancy	abjure, dislike	The Caldecott Medal is a coveted children’s book award
Culminating	Bring to a head or to the highest point; End, especially to reach a final or cli- mactic stage	crowning, supreme	commencing, opening, starting	My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation

Dd

Word	Meaning	Synonym	Antonym	Sentence
Deceit	practice of misleading	Fraud, duplicity	fairness, honesty	Love and deceit, troubles and rewards are as ageless as the heavens.
Deference	A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard	obedience, compliance, yielding	dishonour, disregard, noncompliance	His deference to her wishes was very flattering
Detrimental	Tending to cause harm	Harmful , Hurtful	Harmless, Beneficial	Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people
Dialectic	Logical, rational	analytic, controversial, persuasive	illogical, irrational	He not only wrote on dialectics and logic, but also on physics in its various departments.
Dilapidate	Demolish, Deface	deform, distort, destroy	Build , construct, adorn	On the east of the town at the foot of a hill stands a dilapidated fort.
Dilatory	Slow or wasting time	procrastinating, lax, dallying	diligent, eager, zealous	No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order.
Diligent	persevering, Hardworking	Active, Assiduous	Careless, inactive	"A diligent worker"; "with diligent industry she revived the failing business".
Discerning	Discriminating	Astute, knowing	idiotic, ignorant	The keen visions of these birds are not slow in discerning through the gloomy recesses the presence of danger.
Dispensation	allocation of supply	favour, indulgence, kindness	denial, veto	This is your generation, this is your dispensation, this is your wisdom.
Dissident	Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards	heterodox, discordant, nonconformist	agreeing, confirming	Union dissidents have challenged the leadership of the current president.

Ee

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

Ff

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

Gg

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

Hh

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

Ii

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

Jj

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

Kk

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

Ll

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

Mm

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

Nn

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

Oo

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

Pp

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

Qq

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

Rr

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

Ss

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

Tt

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

Uu

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

Vv

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

Ww

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

Zz

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

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