Synonyms: astonish, dumbfound
Antonyms: calm, enlighten
Example Sentence:
He has staggered audiences around the world with his magic tricks.
2. YIELD (VERB): produce
Synonyms: earn, generate
Antonyms: deny, refuse
Example Sentence:
The apple trees yielded an abundant harvest.
3. ENVISION (VERB): conceive
Synonyms: visualize, contemplate
Antonyms: disregard, neglect
Example Sentence:
I couldn’t envision myself as anything else.
4. IMPEDE (VERB): to delay
Synonyms: brake, disrupt
Antonyms: permit, soothe
Example Sentence:
These people can impede performance.
5. CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): bad tempered
Synonyms: captious, choleric
Antonyms: pleasant, cheerful
Example Sentence:
He is little larger and cantankerous.
6. BAWDINESS (NOUN): dirtiness
Synonyms: profaneness, filthiness
Antonyms: decency, sophistication
Example Sentence:
There was a comedy with just a right sprinkling of bawdiness.
7. INCURSION (NOUN): attack
Synonyms: irruption, intrusion
Antonyms: retreat, withdrawal
Example Sentence:
The US officials urged Iran to end the incursion.
8. SOCIABLE (ADJECTIVE): familiar
Synonyms: convivial, gregarious
Antonyms: aloof, unsociable
Example Sentence:
I’m a lot more sociable with everybody.
9. DISBURSE (VERB): spend
Synonyms: dispense, spend
Antonyms: hold, keep
Example Sentence:
$47 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed.
10.LICENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): libertine
Synonyms: debauched, salacious
Antonyms: moral, controlled
Example Sentence:
Aviraj is licentious and has no regard for the morality of law.
