1. STIFLE (VERB): Restrain
Synonyms: suppress, repress
Antonyms: release, free
Example Sentence:
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
2. ARCHAIC (ADJECTIVE): Old-fashioned
Synonyms: obsolete, antiquated
Antonyms: latest, modern
Example Sentence:
These archaic practices are advocated by people of limited outlook.
3. PRUNE (VERB): Pare down
Synonyms: trim, reduce
Antonyms: include, increase
Example Sentence:
Economic hard times are forcing the companies to prune their budget.
Antonyms:
declension,
decline
Example Sentence:
He was killed after his ascension to the throne.
5. STIFFEN (VERB): Make or become harder
Example
Sentence:
The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
6. FRET (VERB): To
worry
Antonyms: please, delight
Example Sentence:
She was always fretting about
something or the other.
7. ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely
delicate
Synonyms: light, sublime
Antonyms: earthly, indelicate
Example
Sentence:
In this ethereal realm are the currents that make possible wireless telegraphy.
Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic
Example
Sentence:
He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of apology.
9. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance
Example Sentence:
I shall come from London Town with a cornucopia of presents.
10. FLOP (VERB): Slump
Synonyms: fall, drop
Antonyms: succeed, achieve
Example Sentence:
She flopped, exhausted, on to the sofa.
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