1. STYGIAN (ADJECTIVE): dark, inky
Synonyms: clouded, brunet Antonyms: optimistic, hopeful
Example Sentence:
In fact she slipped and fell the last ten feet, her heart bounding into her throat as she toppled into Stygian blackness.
2. TOUT (VERB): brag about, show off
Synonyms: publicize, trumpet Antonyms: blame, condemn
Example Sentence:
A liberal group supporting Hillary Clinton tries to tout her pro-middle class bonafides.
3. ELLIPSIS (NOUN): turn of expression
Synonyms: allusion, analogy
Example Sentence:
An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor a hyperbola for an ellipsis.
4. EXTIRPATION (NOUN): extermination
Synonyms: annihilation, destruction Antonyms: construction
Example Sentence:
After the extirpation of the Indians, the labor of African slaves was introduced.
5. FOPPISH (ADJECTIVE): dapper
Synonyms: dandified, natty Antonyms: non fashionable
Example Sentence:
Once he got his foppish foot in the door, he celebrated by unleashing the full majesty of his pent-up fashion exhibitionism.
6. GAFFE (NOUN): mistake, goof
Synonyms: blooper, blunder Antonyms: correction
Example Sentence:
The gaffe created a furor in the scientific community, which attacked the publication for flawed and faulty research.
7. MINATORY (ADJECTIVE): threatening
Synonyms: alarming, dangerous Antonyms: pleasing, harmless
Example Sentence:
And now we know for all time that these countless scolding and minatory voices were not mere angry units, but that they were in.
8. PLUMB (ADJECTIVE): vertical
Synonyms: perpendicular, straight Antonyms: horizontal, flat
Example Sentence:
It is a sweet sentiment, and hints at goateed depths we have yet to plumb.
9. QUINTESSENTIAL (ADJECTIVE): model
Synonyms: ultimate, ideal Antonyms: secondary
Example Sentence:
But in reality he is the quintessential example of how India corrupts.
10. RUNIC (ADJECTIVE): bewitching, charming
Synonyms: charismatic, enchanted Antonyms: normal, unmoving
Example Sentence:
My uncle looked keenly at the document for some moments and then declared that it was runic.
