Synonyms: crabby, carping
Antonyms: encouraging, praising
Example Sentence:
It would be foolish to cavil about living in any city, with its many pleasures and diversions.
2. DEVOUT (ADJECTIVE): sincerely believing; devoted
Synonyms: adoring, ardent Antonyms: cold, frigid
Example Sentence:
Even the most devout students of them do not seem to have appreciated their inestimable value in this regard.
3. GLUT (NOUN): overabundance
Synonyms: saturation, surplus Antonyms: lack, need
Example Sentence:
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
4. GAINSAY (VERB): contradict
Synonyms: combat, dispute Antonyms: admit, agree
Example Sentence:
When they heard this, they could not gainsay; for the Truth came over them.
5. IMPALEMENT (NOUN): killing
Synonyms: beheading, electrocution Antonyms: disregard, failure
Example Sentence:
Hoping this amount of impalement will be satisfactory, I go on to something else.
6. PREEN (VERB): admire and clean oneself
Synonyms: beautify, clean Antonyms: dirty
Example Sentence:
Every gesture is a stroke of color which may preen or mar the picture.
7. INIQUITY (NOUN): sin, evil
Synonyms: crime, infamy Antonyms: kindness, morality
Example Sentence:
From here we would issue in force to close for the night the various dens of iniquity.
8. FUDDLE (VERB): bewilder someone
Synonyms: amaze, astonish Antonyms: calm, clarify
Example Sentence:
The horrid creatures are going to fuddle at the tea-garden, and get tipsy like their masters.
9. STURDY (NOUN): solid, durable
Synonyms: bulky, hearty Antonyms: easy, feeble
Example Sentence:
And the sturdy rocket propellant would not blow up in one explosion since it cannot do that without an oxidizer.
10. POPULOUS (ADJECTIVE): packed with inhabitants
Synonyms: crowded, numerous Antonyms: deserted
Example Sentence:
With 240 million people, eight of 10 of whom are Muslims, Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world.
