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Synonyms: drift, convey
Antonyms: hold, keep
Example Sentence:
They waft the information.
2. ROCOCO (ADJECTIVE): florid
Synonyms: ornate, gilt
Antonyms: plain, undecorated
Example Sentence:
It was a rococo flower-vase.
3. CHIMERA (NOUN): bogy
Synonyms: delusion, monstrosity
Antonyms: certainty, reality
Example Sentence:
The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera.
4. PORTENT (NOUN): miracle
Synonyms: marvel, prodigy
Antonyms: expectation, doom
Example Sentence:
It was a portent that she won.
5. PERVERION (NOUN): spoof
Synonyms: burlesque, distortion
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity
Example Sentence:
The absurdly lenient sentence is a perversion of justice.
6. BURGESS (NOUN): civilian
Synonyms: inhabitant, resident
Antonyms: alien, foreigner
Example Sentence:
He is a nice burgess.
8. ARRAIGN (VERB): accuse
Synonyms: incriminate, indict
Antonyms: exculpate, exonerate
Example Sentence:
She was arraigned on charges of attempted murder.
9. APPOSITE (ADJECTIVE): pertinent
Synonyms: germane, relevant
Antonyms: inappropriate, improper
Example Sentence:
There was an apposite quotation written in the side of the wall.
10. ARROGATE (VERB): claim without justification
Synonyms: confiscate, expropriate
Antonyms: reject, refuse
Example Sentence:
They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation's true interests.