1. RECONCILE (VERB): make
peace; adjust
Synonyms: harmonize, pacify Antonyms: agitate,
fight
Example
Sentence:
The two friends reconciled after
their fight.
2. MERCURIAL (ADJECTIVE): remove an inferior or
unwanted component of a group or collection
Synonyms: divide, segregate Antonyms: collect, gather
Example
Sentence:
We must weed out the process of greasing the palms of our
superiors.
3. SAVVY (VERB): know
Synonyms:
understand,
grasp Antonyms: misunderstand,
ignore
Example
Sentence:
Sooner or later you are going to savvy her actual nature.
4. BELEAGUERED (VERB): besieged
Synonyms:
harass,
hemmed in Antonyms: help,
assist
Example
Sentence:
Indian Army came to relieve the beleaguered
garrison.
5. BALK (VERB): eschew
Synonyms:
resist, unwilling to Antonyms: accept, welcome
Example
Sentence:
Some
over protective parents balked at letting
their children use a cellphone.
6. PORTENTOUS (ADJECTIVE): ominous
Synonyms: predictive, apocalyptic Antonyms: auspicious, propitious
Example
Sentence:
The portentous clouds loomed
overhead and threatened to ruin my outdoor wedding.
7. AVERSION (ADJECTIVE): revulsion
Synonyms: allergy, repugnance Antonyms: fondness, like
Example
Sentence:
My mother has an aversion
to heights.
8. MEASLY (ADJECTIVE): meagre
Synonyms:
miserable, paltry Antonyms: proficient, plenty
Example
Sentence:
This diet burns only a measly 82 calories.
9.
SORDID (ADJECTIVE): despicable
Synonyms:
unsavoury,
contemptible Antonyms: reputable, respectable
Example
Sentence:
Mentally stable persons
don’t take interest in sordid little affairs.
10. SAP (VERB): gradually
weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).
Synonyms: attenuate, enfeeble Antonyms: strengthen,
invigorate
Example
Sentence:
The energy of unbiased
journalists is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians.
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