- PRATTLE (verb)
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Synonyms: chatter, babble, prate, ramble.
Antonyms: quiet, silence, enunciate, articulate.
Usage: To make others envious, Reena likes to prattle on about her great job. - TROVE (noun)
Meaning: a store of valuable or delightful things.
Synonyms: accumulation, agglomeration, backlog, conglomeration.
Antonyms: junk, dispersion, reduction, shrinkage.
Usage: I discovered a trove of candy bars and pop tarts in my teen son’s pillowcase. - PALLIATE (verb)
Meaning: make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.
Synonyms: alleviate, relieve, soothe, assuage.
Antonyms: heighten, intensify, aggravate, exacerbate.
Usage: This medicine should palliate your cough at least a little. - REPINE (verb)
Meaning: feel or express discontent; fret.
Synonyms: mope, languish, despondent, lament.
Antonyms: complacent, fulfilled, rejoice, contented.
Usage: The soldiers repine for their families when they are stationed overseas. - PROTEAN (adjective)
Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily.
Synonyms: variable, inconsistent, erratic, fluctuating.
Antonyms: consistent. continual, incessant, constant.
Usage: I am unable to make a final decision because of my protean nature which makes me indecisive. - TORMENT (Noun)
Meaning: severe physical or mental suffering.
Synonyms: suffering, torture, pain, anguish
Antonyms: pleasure, joy
Example: Every day when he got on the bus, the bully began to torment the quiet child. - VENERATE (Verb)
Meaning: regard with great respect; revere.
Synonyms: revere, adulate, haallow, exalt
Antonyms: despise
Example: Many people attend church services to venerate God. - COPIOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: abundant in supply or quantity.
Synonyms: abundant, superabundant, plentiful, ample, profuse
Antonyms: sparse
Example: It takes a copious amount of food to suppress my hungry appetite. - SCUPPER (Verb)
Meaning: prevent from working or succeeding; thwart.
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, devastate, destroy
Antonyms: further, promote
Example: They worry it could be used to scupper merger and acquisition deals. - RECUPERATE (Verb)
Meaning: recover from illness or exertion.
Synonyms: recover, convalesce, mend, revive
Antonyms: deteriorate, worsen
Example: Hopefully Jean will recuperate quickly and be able to leave the hospital soon. - IDIOMS
“play something by ear”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: let things occur without a rigid plan
Sentence:
Let’s play it by ear and see what happens tonight.“pull your leg”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: tease or joke around
Sentence:
I’m just pulling your leg. Don’t take it too seriously.“put your money where your mouth is”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: stop talking and start acting upon something
Sentence:
You should put your money where your mouth is and start your new business idea.
