1. PITTANCE (NOUN): small amount
Synonyms: allowance, portion
Antonyms: lot, sufficiency
Example Sentence:
These immigrants are often employed illegally (but also legally) for a pittance, working in factories or as fruit pickers.
2. VERBATIM (ADJECTIVE): exactly
Synonyms: accurately, directly Antonyms: different, contrast
Example Sentence:
I shall here relate you one of the many stories of the kind, verbatim, as I received it.
3. RUDDY (ADJECTIVE): pinkish, blushing
Synonyms: blooming, glowing Antonyms: pale, bleached
Example Sentence:
His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.
4. DELINQUENT (ADJECTIVE): irresponsible, defaulting
Synonyms: offending, tardy Antonyms: responsible, careful
Example Sentence:
He recognized his predatory streak clearly enough that he had to split his delinquent
private self from his public concerns.
5. PERJURY (NOUN): lying while under oath
Synonyms: deception, dishonesty Antonyms: truth, honesty
Example Sentence:
The whole business was provocative of fraud and perjury and bribery.
6. GRADATE (VERB): calculate, judge
Synonyms: adjust, assess Antonyms: disorder, divide
Example Sentence:
At all events he can gradate from black to white with remarkable minuteness and ease.
7. STRUT (VERB): walk pompously
Synonyms: prance, stalk Antonyms: conceal, hide
Example Sentence:
The kids hold what they call a “ramp walk,” a mock fashion show where we all dress
up and strut on a makeshift stage.
8. DISABUSE (VERB): free from belief
Synonyms: debunk, enlighten Antonyms: limit, restrain
Example Sentence:
No amount of sweet-sounding oratory is going to disabuse him of his hard-driving partisan agenda.
9. LITHE (ADJECTIVE): flexible, graceful and slender
Synonyms: agile, limber Antonyms: clumsy, rigid
Example Sentence:
Who was that lithe, bendable gymnast setting alight the Olympic flame?
10. QUERULOUS (ADJECTIVE): grouchy, hard to please
Synonyms: complaining, critical Antonyms: cheerful, happy
Example Sentence:
If there was an award for being querulous, my aunt would win because she is always complaining about something.
