1. JAB (NOUN): poke
Synonyms: dig, punch
Antonyms: pull, stretch
Example Sentence:
Even Gingrich, after complimenting Cain's attempt to simplify a complex idea, took a jab at the pizza guy.
2. GOOSE (NOUN): encouragement
Synonyms: assistance, support Antonyms: hindrance, check
Example Sentence:
It does no good to goose your manufacturing exports with a devaluation if your manufacturers can't buy raw materials.
3. DOGNAP (VERB): take by force and without permission
Synonyms: seize, snatch Antonyms: give, release
Example Sentence:
In another change since his transit days, crooks now dognap cellphones, not gold chains.
4. JILLION (NOUN): abundance
Synonyms: bunch, bulk Antonyms: part, little
Example Sentence:
I've said all this a jillion times before, but it is simply not a mainstream political party in the traditional American sense.
5. VIGIL (NOUN): watch
Synonyms: observance, patrol Antonyms: ignorance, negligence
Example Sentence:
It was left to a handful of workers' rights advocates to hold a quiet candlelight vigil in his honor.
6. TRUCULENT (ADJECTIVE): ready to fight, cruel
Synonyms: sarcastic, scathing Antonyms: soothing, nice
Example Sentence:
This club doesn’t really attract the dangerous types, so why was that bouncer being so truculent?
7. APODICTIC (ADJECTIVE): of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
Synonyms: unerring, dependable Antonyms: faulty, imperfect
Example Sentence:
It is apodictic that inadvertent disclosures may work a waiver of the attorney-client privilege.
8. TENEBROUS (ADJECTIVE): dark, ominous
Synonyms: ambiguous, dingy Antonyms: inviting, light
Example Sentence:
The Republicans, however, sat with tenebrous expressions that matched the black curtain hiding their legs.
9. RAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): plundering
Synonyms: ferocious, greedy Antonyms: satisfied, contented
Example Sentence:
The jury found it easier to see her as the rapacious sinner than as the beautiful blue-eyed saint.
10. BEATITUDE (NOUN): a state of supreme happiness or blessedness
Synonyms: bliss, ecstasy Antonyms: sorrow, misery
Example Sentence:
His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt.
