1. DIVULGE (VERB): To make known (something private or secret).
Synonyms: disclose, expose
Antonyms: conceal, hide
Example Sentence:
Then bending again to Raoul, he whispered: "Above all things do not divulge your name.”
2. SIMPER (VERB): smile coyly
Synonyms: sneer, smirk Antonyms: frown, growl
Example Sentence:
"I hope I see you well, Miss Florence," she simpered.
3. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE): recovering from illness
Synonyms: ambulatory, healing Antonym: regressing, sickly
Example Sentence:
I treated him as a convalescent person, not as a sick man.
4. FATHOM (VERB): measure the depth (of feeling)
Synonyms: comprehend, penetrate Antonyms: neglect, misinterpret
Example Sentence:
It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
5. INARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE): unable to express oneself clearly
Synonyms: incoherent, blurred Antonyms: articulate, communicative
Example Sentence:
He made an inarticulate speech and we are still wondering what did he say..
6. VENGEANCE (NOUN): revenge; punishment for a wrong
Synonyms: reprisal, requital Antonym: forgiveness, pardon
Example Sentence:
Yes, I would bear my sorrows, and become great, that in a day to be I might wreak vengeance on the king.
7. BESEECH (VERB): beg earnestly
Synonyms: implore, adjure Antonyms: refuse, give
Example Sentence:
She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.
8. CHAFE (VERB): be angry
Synonyms: irritate, abrade Antonyms: aid, placate
Example Sentence:
He chafed at having to take orders from someone else.
9. PUNY (ADJECTIVE): small and weak
Synonyms: inconsequential, diminutive Antonyms: giant, strong
Example sentence:
His mother stood looking on, with a sad kind of a smile on her lips and in her eyes, to see the zealous and yet puny efforts of her little boy.
10. CONJECTURE (NOUN): guess; speculation
Synonyms: guesswork, hunch Antonyms: certainty, reality
Example Sentence:
The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.
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