1. CHASM (NOUN): gap, abyss
Synonyms: gorge, rift Antonyms: closure, solid
Example Sentence:
A huge rock, falling from above, boomed past me, struck the path, and bounced over into the chasm.
2. BEREAVEMENT (NOUN): death; loss
Synonyms: sorrow, misfortune Antonyms: health, comfort
Example Sentence:
In some manner he had learned of my own sad bereavement, and his sympathy was shown in his manner rather than in his words.
3. GROTESQUE (ADJECTIVE): ugly, misshapen
Synonyms: eerie, absurd Antonyms: familiar, usual
Example Sentence:
I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous.
4. EMULATE (VERB): copy the actions of
Synonyms: imitate, mimic Antonyms: neglect, ignore
Example Sentence:
I have throughout my life tried to emulate my father in my own world of science and technology.
5. REVELATION (NOUN): disclosure, telling
Synonyms: announcement, discovery Antonyms: concealment, secret
Example Sentence:
The Pamban Bridge collapsed with a train full of passengers in it. Until then, I had only seen the beauty of the sea, now its uncotrollable energy came as a revelation to me
6. CATECHUMEN (ADJECTIVE): person unskilled in something
Synonyms: novice, newcomer Antonyms: expert, professional
Example Sentence:
Since this is my daughter’s first swim lesson, she is definitely a catechumen in the sport.
7. CORYBANTIC (ADJECTIVE): excited; very happy
Synonyms: delighted, frantic Antonyms: troubled, sorrowful
Example Sentence:
The bird's corybantic attempt to free itself from the thorn bush finally exhausted it.
8. PALTRY (NOUN): small or meager
Synonyms: paucity, insufficiency Antonyms: abundance, enough
Example Sentence:
Although I paid a great deal for the gourmet meal, I only received a paltry amount of food on my plate.
9. SKULK (VERB): lurk; shirk
Synonyms: crouch, prowl Antonyms: confront, encounter
Example Sentence:
At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.
10. HEATH (NOUN): grassy field
Synonyms: grassland, pasture
Example Sentence:
The heath was covered with golden patches of flowering gorse, gleaming magnificently in the light of the bright spring sunshine.
