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:
She began uttering liberal platitudes.
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:
Being tired of the long, septentrional winters of New England, Grandfather retired to
Florida.
7. 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.
