Synonyms: concealment, denseness
Antonyms: revelation, brightness
Example Sentence:
She prepares for her whirlwind, worldwide fashion week tour with inscrutability and perfectionism.
2. INTRACTABILITY (NOUN): unruliness
Synonyms: boldness, audacity Antonyms: modesty, caution
Example Sentence:
We can admit the intractability of depravation, and still strive for dignity.
3. UNDERGIRD (VERB): hold up
Synonyms: bolster, reinforce Antonyms: undermine, weaken
Example Sentence:
To the contrary, he views them as essential to restoring the economic strength that must undergird that power.
4. SERE (ADJECTIVE): burned
Synonyms: parched, scorched Antonyms: freeze, grow
Example Sentence:
There is no sere and yellow leaf here—fruits and flowers are perennial.
5. SHARD (NOUN): end
Synonyms: particle, remnant Antonyms: whole, base
Example Sentence:
Shard glass from the historic church was recently donated to the museum, which is scheduled to open in 2015.
6. EMOLLIENT (ADJECTIVE): soothing
Synonyms: healing, palliative
Example Sentence:
A useful liniment for this disorder may be made of two ounces of emollient ointment, and half an ounce of laudanum.
7. INERRANT (ADJECTIVE): unerring, dependable
Synonyms: authoritative, flawless Antonyms: faulty, imperfect
Example Sentence:
We believe prophecies, not because history has measured up to them, but we believe them because they are the inerrant Word of God.
8. QUIBBLE (NOUN): objection, complaint
Synonyms: nicety, artifice Antonyms: approval, honesty
Example Sentence:
Health care is complicated but everything except the tax issue is a quibble or a red herring.
9. PANEGYRIC (ADJECTIVE): laudatory
Synonyms: praising, complimentary Antonyms: critical, censuring
Example Sentence:
The object of his discourse was a panegyric of himself and a satire on all other conjurors.
10. PRESAGE (NOUN): prediction, indication
Synonyms: apprehension, augury Antonyms: certainty, belief
Example Sentence:
From quotes Clinton a lot, and he credits Clinton with saying that an intellectual resurgence has to presage political power.
