1. INGRATIATING (ADJECTIVE): fawning, servile
Synonyms: charming, smarmy
Antonyms: deterring, repellent
Example Sentence:
They might have been the most ingratiating band in the world.
2. POLEMICAL (ADJECTIVE): argumentative
Synonyms: combative, contrary Antonyms: agreeable, friendly
Example Sentence:
These are powerful, polemical words with which it is very hard, in our present
circumstances, to disagree.
3. RESTORATIVE (ADJECTIVE): medicinal
Synonyms: corrective, curative Antonyms: harmful, injurious
Example Sentence:
And next week I'm starting something very exciting with a friend who is going to do an hour of restorative yoga with me.
4. TRAMMEL (VERB): hamper
Synonyms: bridle, disrupt Antonyms: encourage, facilitate
Example Sentence:
The libraries have not killed sincerity; they have done no more than trammel it.
5. INEXORABLE (ADJECTIVE): cruel, pitiless
Synonyms: implacable, relentless Antonyms: nice, sympathetic
Example Sentence:
Why this usually tolerant and always sensible emperor should have been so inexorable on any occasion is a mystery.
6. BRAWNY (ADJECTIVE): muscular, strong
Synonyms: bulky, beefy Antonyms: skinny, thin
Example Sentence:
I had a clear mental picture of him—huge, brawny, muscular, a wolf skin thrown about him and a great war-club in his hand.
7. HIEROGLYPHICS (NOUN): the way a person writes
Synonyms: calligraphy, manuscript
Example Sentence:
I shall not, in this connection, enter into a discussion of the nature of these hieroglyphics.
8. LARCENY (NOUN): theft
Synonyms: robbery, burglary Antonyms: lot
Example Sentence:
The father and mother looked as if they had been convicted of larceny.
9. NEUROSIS (NOUN): mental disturbance, disorder
Synonyms: inhibition, aberration Antonyms: balance, conformity
Example Sentence:
How do you tell the difference between aesthetic discipline and neurosis?
10. SHUDDER (VERB): shake, quiver
Synonyms: shiver, tremble Antonyms: steady
Example Sentence:
I used to like him when I was a child; now I shudder at his name.
