1. SLATHER (VERB): apply colored tint, often to make design
Synonyms: coat, cover Antonyms: reveal, uncover
Example Sentence:
The cake was slathered with whipped cream.
2. COMPUNCTION (NOUN): regret, sorrow
Synonyms: penitence, remorse Antonyms: happiness, disdain
Example Sentence:
He confessed to defrauding hundreds of clients, but showed no compunction.
3. FOREBODING (NOUN): misgiving, bad omen
Synonyms: apprehension, dread Antonyms: fortune, luck
Example Sentence:
She woke up in the middle of the night, filled with a terrible foreboding.
4. ANECDOTAL (ADJECTIVE): informal
Synonyms: unreliable, unscientific Antonyms: scientific
Example Sentence:
We listened with interest to his anecdotal account of his trip.
5. WISP (NOUN): strand
Synonyms: tuft, lock Antonyms: whole
Example Sentence:
She tucked the stray wisps of hair under her cap.
6. CORUSCATE (VERB): gleam
Synonyms: flash, blaze
Example Sentence:
I ran an appraising eye over the staff bike shed and glimpsed a Ridgefinder Gold Bowl Special, coruscating like a jeweller’s window display.
7. MAGISTERIAL (ADJECTIVE): authoritative
Synonyms: autocratic, imperious Antonyms: modest
Example Sentence:
He delivers his opinions with a magisterial air that everyone resents.
8. PROSTRATE (ADJECTIVE): flat, horizontal
Synonyms: reclining, abject Antonyms: healthy, upright
Example Sentence:
He prostrated himself in front of the altar and lay for some time on the cold floor.
9. AGGRANDIZE (VERB): cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
Synonyms: acclaim, applaud Antonyms: condemn, decrease
Example Sentence:
Plans were made to further aggrandize the palace.
10. PERVERSE (ADJECTIVE): mean, ornery; troublesome
Synonyms: contradictory, wicked Antonyms: compliant, agreeable
Example Sentence:
She seems to take perverse pleasure in disappointing her parents.
