1. DOVETAIL (VERB): link, fit together
Synonyms: coincide, correspond Antonyms: disagree, differ
Example Sentence:
Your plan to provide part-time work to city youth dovetails nicely with our efforts to beautify the city parks this summer.
2. TRANSIENT (ADJECTIVE): temporary
Synonyms: short term, fleeting Antonyms: enduring, lasting
Example Sentence:
A weak smile lit up her face, but it was transient.
3. CURT (ADJECTIVE): abrupt, rude
Synonyms: blunt, terse Antonyms: polite, tactful
Example Sentence:
The speech which she gave was a curt speech.
4. DEBILITY (NOUN): incapacity, weakness
Synonyms: enervation, exhaustion Antonyms: healthiness, ability
Example Sentence:
His debility prevents him from working.
5. BESOT (VERB): astonish
Synonyms: bemuse, astound Antonyms: enlighten, clarify
Example Sentence:
He was besotted by love.
6. ASCRIBE (VERB): assign to source
Synonyms: attribute, impute Antonyms: freeing, retreat
Example Sentence:
I wrongly ascribed honesty to this man, and I paid a terrible price for it.
7. SORTIE (NOUN): armed attack
Synonyms: raid, assault Antonyms: retreat
Example Sentence:
The team was ready to go on a sortie.
8. FROWARD (ADJECTIVE): ornery
Synonyms: adverse, contrary Antonyms: obedient, yielding
Example Sentence:
Her froward children would not sit down to dinner if the menu was not to their liking.
9. ANOINT (VERB): bless, usually with oil or water
Synonyms: bless, daub
Example Sentence:
I will now anoint myself with my new, expensive suntan lotion.
10. FERAL (ADJECTIVE): untamed
Synonyms: ferocious, brutal Antonyms: kind, cultivated
Example Sentence:
She came at him with a feral gleam in her eye.
