1. PONTIFICATE
(VERB): sermonize
Synonyms: admonish, dogmatize
Antonyms: praise, applaud
Example Sentence:
He
loves to hear himself talk and will often pontificate on even the most
trivial issues.
2. BROMIDE (NOUN): platitude
Synonyms: cliché , banality
Antonyms: coinage, original saying
Example Sentence:
Years of coal mining and natural gas
extraction have elevated the concentration of
bromides in the river.
3. DISTEMPER (NOUN): disorder
Synonyms: affliction,
ailment
Antonyms: health, healer
Example Sentence:
Excessive distemper should not be
practiced.
4. TINTINNABULATION
(NOUN): loud ringing
Synonyms: chime, jingle
Antonyms: silence, peace
Example Sentence:
The
tintinnabulation that could be heard throughout the village was from the
church on
the common announcing morning services.
5. SEPTENTRIONAL (ADVERB): polar
Synonyms: northward, arctic
Antonyms: southward, Antarctic
Example Sentence:
When he tired of the long, septentrional
winters of New England, Grandfather retired to
Florida.
6. PANGLOSSIAN (ADJECTIVE): optimistic
Synonyms: assured, confident
Antonyms: pessimistic,
uncertain
Example Sentence:
This
is simply a Panglossian idea.
7. ANABASIS (NOUN): forward movement
Synonyms: advance, progress
Antonyms: hinder, backward
Example Sentence:
Reluctantly,
the general ordered a hasty anabasis in the face of overwhelming
opposing
forces.
8. CAITIFF (NOUN):coward
Synonyms: scoundrel, louse
Antonyms: brave, bold
Example Sentence:
A woman was killed by a caitiff.
9. CRENEL (NOUN): scrape
Synonyms: indentation, incision
Antonyms: increase, bulge
Example Sentence:
Leaning into a crenel between two
square merlons , he took a deep breath of relief.
10. FLAPDOODLE
(ADJECTIVE): ridiculous
situation or behaviour
Synonyms: craziness, foolishness
Antonyms: intelligence, judgement
Example Sentence:
You're the last man I ever expected to hear that kind of flapdoodle
from.
