1.DISHEARTENING (ADJECTIVE): saddening
Synonyms: disheartening, dispiriting
Antonyms: encouraging, cheering
Example Sentence:
The team made a disappointing star.
2.VERNACULAR (NOUN): colloquial speech
Synonyms: jargon, dialect
Antonyms: latin
Example Sentence:
He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.
3.UNCONSTITUTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): illegitimate
Synonyms: illegal, unauthorized
Antonyms: legal
Example Sentence:
We cannot tolerate unconstitutional action.
4.EXTRANEOUS (ADJECTIVE): immaterial
Synonyms: irrelevant, beside the point
Antonyms: material
Example Sentence:
One is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material.
5.DECREE (NOUN): order
Synonyms: edict command
Antonyms: hint, suggestion
Example Sentence:
The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly.
6.DWINDLE (VERB): diminish
Synonyms: decrease, reduce
Antonyms: increase, flourish
Example Sentence:
Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
7.EXEMPT (VERB): spared
Synonyms: free from, not liable to
Antonyms: liable to, subject to
Example Sentence:
These patients are exempt from charges.
8.SCRAMBLE (VERB): disarrange
Synonyms: muddle, confuse
Antonyms: organize, align
Example Sentence:
Maybe the alcohol scrambled his brains.
9.DETAIN (VERB): hold
Synonyms: seize, confine
Antonyms: release
Example Sentence:
Customs officers may detain all the goods.
10.AIDE (NOUN): assistant
Synonyms: helper, adviser
Antonyms: boss
Example Sentence:
The presidential aide was just 23.
