Synonyms: assail, berate Antonyms: laud, praise
Example Sentence:
It can be criticized, however, and Democrats were quick to lambaste the president.
2. CADGE (VERB): beg
Synonyms: scrounge, hawk Antonyms: earn
Example Sentence:
It was an arduous day for the tribe of cadge, excepting, of course, its head.
3. ABYSMAL (ADJECTIVE): great extent; immeasurable
Synonyms: boundless, complete Antonyms: infinite, low
Example Sentence:
Over the last year, nothing he could do had much of an impact on his abysmal approval rating.
4. NOISOME (ADJECTIVE): immoral, bad, offensive
Synonyms: baneful, disgusting Antonyms: moral, upright
Example Sentence:
It was as if I stood helpless while a noisome reptile coiled its folds around me.
5. PASTICHE (NOUN): work of art formed from disparate sources
Synonyms: compilation, collage Antonyms: original
Example Sentence:
This poem is written as a folk-story, in the style of the Byliny, and it in no way resembles a pastiche.
6. CLOISTERED (ADJECTIVE): secluded
Synonyms: reclusive, confined Antonyms: free, open
Example Sentence:
They expect speedy action to integrate that cloistered community into the army and the workforce.
7. DISABUSE (VERB): free from belief
Synonyms: debunk, enlighten Antonyms: limit, restrain
Example Sentence:
No amount of sweet-sounding oratory is going to disabuse him of his hard-driving partisan agenda.
8. INTEMPERATE (ADJECTIVE): drunken
Synonyms: alcoholic, dissipated Antonyms: fortunate, suitable
Example Sentence:
He was of intemperate habits, and beat his wife on little provocation.
9. COMELINESS (NOUN): properness
Synonyms: decency, grace Antonyms: impropriety, immorality
Example Sentence:
She was little, plump, beautifully formed and with a face of more than passing comeliness.
10. DOFF (VERB): remove
Synonyms: discard, disrobe Antonyms: clothe, cover
Example Sentence:
There were rumors, too, that nuns might be permitted to doff their habits and move through the world like 'normal' people.
