1. MATTE (ADJECTIVE): drab, lackluster in effect on senses
Synonyms: flat, subdued
Antonyms: excited, cheerful
Example Sentence:
The salad is somewhat matte, with only lettuce to complement the chicken with.
2. REFURBISH (VERB): spruce up
Synonyms: modernize, recondition Antonyms: ruin, damage
Example Sentence:
As her domestic life falls apart, she takes it as her charge to refurbish the house and its
lifeless inhabitants.
3. YANK (VERB): pull hard and fast
Synonyms: jerk, snatch Antonyms: fix, put in
Example Sentence:
He slammed open my bedroom door and tried to yank me out from my hiding place.
4. MOOCH (VERB): cadge
Synonyms: beg, borrow Antonyms: give, donate
Example Sentence:
He is not good for mooch, but he like that whittle kind of work, I know.
5. MIDRIFF (NOUN): the stomach and area directly below in an animate being
Synonyms: belly, tummy
Example Sentence:
Her long brown hair flowed down and she had a bullet wound on her head and blood all over her midriff.
6. EXULTATION (NOUN): celebration, reveling
Synonyms: crowing, delight Antonyms: depression, pain
Example Sentence:
There are moments of exultation and frustration, of nail-biting anxiety, and the normal banter that characterizes any workplace.
7. ZANY (ADJECTIVE): crazy, funny
Synonyms: campy, comical Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:
The proliferation of zany burger toppings came next as an inevitable by-product of the high-end burger fad.
8. ZILLION (ADJECTIVE): innumerable
Synonyms: uncountable, limitless Antonyms: few, calculable
Example Sentence:
There are a zillion stories at multiple levels churning around every day of every week or every year.
9. MASON (NOUN): construction worker
Synonyms: contractor, architect Antonyms: wrecker
Example Sentence:
His son William has been with me this winter, and goes in May to be an apprentice to a mason.
10. MONASTIC (ADJECTIVE): with communal life
Synonyms: secluded, austere Antonyms: sociable
Example Sentence:
We will now see the monks at work, and spend a day with them in their monastic home.
