1. GRIPE (NOUN): complaint
Synonyms: grievance, objection
Antonyms: comfort, pleasure
Example Sentence:
The angry man just sat in the corner and griped about being there.
2. PROFANATION (NOUN): sacrilege
Synonyms: curse, crime
Antonyms: kindness, praise
Example Sentence:
What would the old counts of your ancestry have said to such a profanation?
3. RAPINE (VERB): despoil
Synonyms: plunder, seize
Antonyms: liberate, free
Example Sentence:
One of them, who had been concerned in some act of violence or rapine, had given information against his companions.
4. RAMPAGE (NOUN): storm, violence
Synonyms: destruction, turmoil
Antonyms: order, harmony
Example Sentence:
They remained in port for several days in the belief that their enemy was still on the rampage outside.
5. POLARIZED (ADJECTIVE): reverse
Synonyms: contradictory, opposed
Antonyms: supported, favouring
Example Sentence:
There is a deep need for increased constructive competition in our polarized political system.
6. EXACERBATE (VERB): infuriate; make worse
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy
Antonyms: alleviate, soothe
Example Sentence:
By bringing in further low skilled immigrants, we'll only exacerbate an existing problem.
7. ZAP (VERB): destroy, kill
Synonyms: exterminate, slaughter
Antonyms: initiate, give birth
Example Sentence:
We use chemical poisons to zap the rats during the day and the snipers at night.
8. PREPONDERANCE (NOUN): great numbers; supremacy
Synonyms: predominance, prevalence
Antonyms: inferiority, weakness
Example Sentence:
The restaurant ran out of food because it was not prepared for such a preponderance
of customers on opening day.
9. DECREPIT (ADJECTIVE): deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age
Synonyms: battered, crippled
Antonyms: healthy, sound
Example Sentence:
The owners have plans to renovate their decrepit hotel.
10. ELATION (NOUN): extreme happiness
Synonyms: bliss, ecstasy
Antonyms: sorrow, woe
Example Sentence:
His elation increased at the sight of the little girl he had saved.
