1. FESTOON (VERB): decorate
Synonyms: adorn, deck
Antonyms: dull, ruin
Example Sentence:
Cook came out of the library where she was assisting with the festooning of the room.
2. DOWER (NOUN): natural gift
Synonyms: dowry, endowment Antonyms: inability, weakness
Example Sentence:
In all these cases the father might dower her.
3. CONTUMELY (NOUN): insult
Synonyms: abuse, arrogance Antonyms: humility, admiration
Example Sentence:
For some time, he did not make a single convert, and gained nothing but contumely and abuse.
4. SASS (NOUN): back talk
Synonyms: guff, cheek Antonyms: question, straightforward
Example Sentence:
Every woman on the planet has sass and guff qualities in them, but it seems sometimes
only black women are defined by it.
5. ENNOBLE (VERB): honor
Synonyms: dignify, praise Antonyms: condemn, humiliate
Example Sentence:
He began almost to believe that money could ennoble as well as satisfy.
6. OUTRAGE (VERB): wrong, offend, abuse
Synonyms: infuriate, insult Antonyms: please, satisfy
Example Sentence:
The outrage on the Warden was not so grotesque, but the effect was the same.
7. UPPITY (ADJECTIVE): arrogant
Synonyms: audacious, bragging Antonyms: humble, modest
Example Sentence:
She was making her do that because she thought she was uppity and she wanted to
punish her.
8. RUCTION (NOUN): brawl
Synonyms: argument, affray Antonyms: harmony, order
Example Sentence:
There seems to be a ruction of some sort going on over there.
9. PSYCHE (NOUN): innermost self; personality
Synonyms: ego, mind Antonyms: body, physicality
Example Sentence:
These pressures in the psyche are as taxing as physical hardships.
10. OUTLAW (NOUN): person who is running from the law
Synonyms: bandit, crook Antonyms: law, police
Example Sentence:
Civic culture, meanwhile, takes less and less offense at the outlaw behavior of governments.
