1. CERULEAN (ADJECTIVE): sky, sea color
Synonyms: azure, cobalt
Antonyms: clean, happy
Example Sentence:
The binding is of cerulean satin, richly embroidered with thread of changeful golden tissue.
2. ASKANCE (ADVERB): sideways
Synonyms: skeptically, suspiciously Antonyms: surely, confidently
Example Sentence:
As he bent his head she looked at me askance, and I thought she blushed.
3. PERIPATETIC (ADJECTIVE): constantly traveling
Synonyms: nomadic, roving Antonyms: settled, fixed
Example Sentence:
Still, she is influenced by her background and her peripatetic youth.
4. VERDANT (ADJECTIVE): green, blooming
Synonyms: grassy, lush Antonyms: dying, barren
Example Sentence:
It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.
5. REPRIEVE (NOUN): relief of blame, responsibility
Synonyms: abatement, deferment Antonyms: continuation
Example Sentence:
Bad weather, however, gave her a reprieve; a spring rainstorm forced a postponement, pushing her appearance back 24 hours.
6. BLIGHT (VERB): ruin, destroy
Synonyms: mar, taint Antonyms: improve, repair
Example Sentence:
Increasingly, cities long left to rot are rising from the ashes of blight as they try to become shining examples of new urbanism.
7. SIMPATICO (NOUN): liking or inclination toward something
Synonyms: affection, closeness Antonyms: dislike, hatred
Example Sentence:
In the Italian phrase the whole place was simpatico; it repeated and crooned over to everyone the mood in which he came to it.
8. TINSEL (NOUN): particular type of embellishment
Synonyms: finery, design Antonyms: plainness, eyesore
Example Sentence:
His exuberant style is Venetian; it is velvet and brocade, which he bestrews with tinsel and spangles.
9. MONASTIC (ADJECTIVE): with communal life
Synonyms: secluded, austere Antonyms: sociable
Example Sentence:
We will now see the monks at work, and spend a day with them in their monastic home.
10. MATTE (ADJECTIVE): drab, lackluster in effect on senses
Synonyms: flat, subdued Antonyms: excited, cheerful
Example Sentence:
The salad is somewhat matte, with only lettuce to complement the chicken with.
