1. AMELIORATE (verb) : make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
Synonyms: better, amend, elevate
Antonyms: worsen,decline, blemish
Example Sentence:
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
2. STODGY (adjective) : dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement.
Synonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, unexciting, monotonous
Antonyms: exciting, entertaining, digestible
Example Sentence:
Neither company has succeeded in shedding its stodgy image.
3. VEXATIOUS (adjective) : Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.
Synonyms: irritating, irksome, displeasing, infuriating
Antonyms: helpful, pleasing, soothing
Example Sentence:
The slavery question presented vexatious difficulties in conducting the war.
4. IRIDESCENT (adjective) : Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.
Synonyms: shining, glittering, sparkling, shimmering
Antonyms: colorless, dull, plain, fixed
Example Sentence:
The cream colored siding looked iridescent in the moonlight.
5. PRUNE (verb) : Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.
Synonyms: reduce, cut/trim, decrease.
Antonyms: extend, lengthen
Example Sentence:
Ideally, you should start pruning your tree to limit its size before it reaches full size.
6.REGNANT (adjective) :reigning; ruling.
Synonyms: dominant, governing, rampant
Antonyms: powerless, ineffectual, inadequate
Example Sentence:
A queen regnant possesses and exercises sovereign powers.
7. DISTRAIT (adjective) : distracted or absent-minded.
Synonyms: engrossed, forgetful, inattentive.
Antonyms: concentrating, attentive, focused.
Example Sentence:
He grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash.
8. BENIGNANT (adjective) : having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Synonyms: benevolent, compassionate, humane.
Antonyms: atrocious, brutal, callous, fiendish.
Example Sentence:
The queen had a benignant reputation and was loved for her caring treatment of others.
9.DISSEMBLE (verb) : conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.
Synonyms: dissimulate, feign, masquerade, counterfeit.
Antonyms: expose, unveil, reveal, exhibit.
Example Sentence:
The con man did his best to dissemble his real motives from the wealthy widow.
10.FARRAGO (noun) : a confused mixture.
Synonyms: mishmash, jumble, hodgepodge, turmoil.
Antonyms: constituent, ravel, sequence, categorization.
Example Sentence:
The present gun law is a farrago of nonsense as most of it is unenforceable.
