RETALIATION (NOUN) –
Meaning:the action of returning a military attack; counterattack.
Synonyms: revenge, vengeance, reprisal
Antonyms: forgiveness, pardon, sympathy
Usage: “the bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects”
ASSERTION (NOUN) –
Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement
Antonyms: disavowal, denial, desertion
Usage: “his assertion that his father had deserted the family”
RECKLESS (ADJECTIVE) –
Meaning: heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions; rash or impetuous. Synonyms: rash, careless, thoughtless
Antonyms: careful, cautious, prudent
Usage: “you mustn’t be so reckless”
ABDICATE (VERB) –
Meaning: renounce one’s throne.
Synonyms: resign, retire, quit
Antonyms: be crowned, accede to
Usage: “in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor”
VEERED (VERB) –
Meaning: change direction suddenly.
Synonyms: swerve, career, skew
Antonyms: stayed, went direct, gone direct
Usage: “an oil tanker that had veered off course”
PROBE (NOUN) –
Meaning: a thorough investigation into a crime or other matter.
Synonyms: investigation, inquiry, examination
Antonyms: answer, ignore, misunderstand
Usage: “a probe into city hall corruption”
STAMPEDE (NOUN) –
Meaning: rush wildly in a sudden mass panic.
Synonyms: bolt, charge, rush
Antonyms: retreat, withdrawal, conclusion
Usage: “the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger”
EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE) –
Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking. Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific
Antonyms: marvellous
Usage:”egregious abuses of copyright”
AGRARIAN (ADJECTIVE) –
Meaning: relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
Synonyms:agricultural, rural, countryside
Antonyms: nonagricultural, urban, industrial
Usage: “Brazil is rapidly diversifying its agrarian economy”
SEDITION (NOUN) –
Meaning: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. Synonyms: incitement (to riot/rebellion), agitation, rabblerousing
Antonyms: calm, obedience, peace
Usage: In March 1848, authorities charged several leading nationalists with sedition.
HYPERBOLIC –
Meaning: a. relating to a hyperbola. b. (of language) deliberately exaggerated.
Synonyms: exaggerated, inflated, overstated, grandiloquent
Antonyms: reduced, decreased Usage in a sentence: In a country of exaggerations, he likewise is prone to hyperbolic description of actual things.
