1. FLOP (VERB): Slump:
Synonyms: fall, drop
Antonyms: succeed, achieve
Example Sentence:
She flopped, exhausted, on to the sofa.
2. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance:
Synonyms: bounty, fullness
Antonyms: need, lack
Example Sentence:
I shall come from London Town with a cornucopia of presents
3. CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): Chastened:
Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful
Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic
Example Sentence:
He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of apology.
4.ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely delicate:
Synonyms: light, sublime
Antonyms: earthly, indelicate
Example Sentence:
In this ethereal realm are the currents that make possible wireless telegraphy.
5. FRET (VERB): To worry:
Synonyms: agonize, bother
Antonyms: please, delight
Example Sentence:
She was always fretting about something or the other.
6. HOOK (VERB): catch:
Synonyms: clasp, lock
Antonyms: release, unhitch
Example Sentence:
He hooked a large fish.
7. UNCTUOUS (ADJECTIVE): ingratiating:
Synonyms: buttery, smarmy
Antonyms: blunt, genuine
Example Sentence:
Navneet considers me unctuous.
8. PEPSINATE (VERB): ferment:
Synonyms: lighten, raise
Antonyms: darken, depress
Example Sentence:
One should always try to pepsinate one’s knowledge.
9. TURPITUDE (NOUN): depravity:
Synonyms: corruption, criminality
Antonyms: decency, morality
Example Sentence:
Alok was sentenced to life in prison for the acts of turpitude he committed.
10. VITUPERATE (VERB): criticize harshly:
Synonyms: accuse, blame
Antonyms: exonerate, exculpate
Example Sentence:
Vinta Nanda Vituperated Alok Nath for his misconduct.
