1. AVOW (VERB): state; profess
Synonyms: admit, affirm
Antonyms: deny, dissent
Example Sentence:
It is wise, and may be useful, on all proper occasions, to avow our convictions.
2. STING (VERB): prick, pain
Synonyms: bite, hurt Antonyms: cure, heal
Example Sentence:
The fads and foibles of humanity can be good-naturedly exposed in humorous articles that have no sting.
3. REPRESSION (NOUN): constraint
Synonyms: suppression, restraint Antonyms: liberty, freedom
Example Sentence:
Is this country going to be stable, or is it likely to go through years of repression and civil war?
4. JUNKY (ADJECTIVE): poor quality
Synonyms: awful, cheap Antonyms: superior, pleasing
Example Sentence:
An economy undermined by junky debt (Greek, rather than subprime) that threatened
to prove contagious.
5. PUTREFY (VERB): rot
Synonyms: corrupt, crumble Antonyms: grow, develop
Example Sentence:
They never bury their dead, but lay them in the sun to putrefy.
6. VAGARY (NOUN): caprice
Synonyms: quirk, whim Antonyms: constancy, dependability
Example Sentence:
He was ready for any illusion, susceptible to any vagary of the imagination.
7. DECIDUOUS (ADJECTIVE): not around for long
Synonyms: brief, fleeting Antonyms: lasting, enduring
Example Sentence:
The tree is a handsome one, with broad velvety bright green leaves, deciduous during the winter months.
8. 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.
9. TEEM (VERB): be abundant, full
Synonyms: brim, overflow Antonyms: retreat , lack
Example Sentence:
If the past eight months were full of international thrills, the next ones are more likely to teem with spills.
10. INVEIGLE (VERB): entice, manipulate
Synonyms: entrap, bamboozle Antonyms: release, disenchant
Example Sentence:
Their testimony confirmed the defendant's successful efforts to inveigle them into investing in the hedge fund.
