1. DENOUEMENT (NOUN): the end result
Synonyms: completion, culmination
Antonyms: beginning, opening
Example Sentence:
Among the schemes that did go forward to denouement was an offering of mortgage-related securities.
2. UNSULLIED (ADJECTIVE): clean
Synonyms: pristine, pure Antonyms: tarnished, impure
Example Sentence:
What is here meant, is, that we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood, that the statements are true.
3. SONOROUS (ADJECTIVE): resonant
Synonyms: booming, thundering Antonyms: incomplete, silence
Example Sentence:
The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.
4. ANATHEMATIZE (VERB): curse
Synonyms: imprecate, maledict Antonyms: admire, laud
Example Sentence:
Be sure, that girl, anathematize as she may, will never be permitted to enter that convent.
5. BLACKBALL (VERB): expel from group
Synonyms: ban, blacklist Antonyms: accept, admit
Example Sentence:
A radio executive said the Bush White House told them explicitly who they were expected to blackball from their airwaves.
6. REVULSION (NOUN): disgust, hatred
Synonyms: dislike, distaste Antonyms: like, love
Example Sentence
Or is it revulsion at the offensive incivility of the process, at the arrogance of these youths?
7. FORSWEAR (VERB): abandon, disavow
Synonyms: forgo, renounce Antonyms: opening, accept
Example Sentence:
“Then I forswear all rash promises for the future,” he declared.
8. EARSPLITTING (ADJECTIVE): loud
Synonyms: noisy, shrill Antonyms: low, soft
Example Sentence:
An earsplitting crack was followed by a mosquito-like voice singing in the wilderness.
9. INGRATIATORY (ADJECTIVE): insinuating
Synonyms: disarming, flattering Antonyms: reproachful, insulting
Example Sentence:
They ingratiate themselves with the Nationalists instead of supporting their own.
10. STOUTHEARTED (ADJECTIVE): brave, courageous
Synonyms: bold, daring Antonyms: meek, coward
Example Sentence:
Many of them had lost their all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of the forlorn crowd.
