- Accolade (Noun)
Meaning: an award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgment of merit.
Synonym: honour, recognition, privilege, award, Antonym: lecture, correction, rebuke, sermon,
Usage: Mrs. Smith is such a great teacher that she is always getting one accolade after another. - Vernacular (Noun)
Meaning: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.
Synonym: everyday language, spoken language,
Antonym: bookish, formal, learned, literary,
Usage: To hold the interest of the community, the playwright penned his play using only the local vernacular. - Valedictory (Noun)
Meaning: a farewell address.
Synonym: farewell, goodbye, leaving, parting,
Antonym: beginning, first, initial, introductory, opening
Usage: On the last day of school, seniors wrote a valedictory stating what they would miss about high school and read it in front of the class for their final grade. - Interdict (Noun)
Meaning: an authoritative prohibition, in particular
Synonym: prohibition, ban, bar, veto, proscription,
Antonym: corroborate, support
Usage: Because I failed most of my classes last term, my parents will probably interdict me from working this semester. - Vitiate (Verb)
Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
Synonym: poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, taint
Antonym: Clean, honor, purify
Usage: When peers and bullies apply pressure, it can vitiate the moral character of young people and lead them down the wrong path. - SPECK (NOUN)
Meaning: a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay
Synonyms: ace, bit, crumb, glimmer blot, dot
Antonyms: paragon, excellence
Sentence: There was not a speck of dust anywhere - FATALITY (NOUN)
Meaning: the quality or state of causing death or destruction
Synonyms: casualty, loss, prey, victim
Antonyms: harmer, injurer, assassin, killer
Sentence: Seatbelt use significantly reduces the risk of a fatality during a traffic accident. - STAID (ADJECTIVE)
Meaning: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint
Synonyms: dignified, composed, earnest, grave, Antonyms: indecorous, frivolous, hilarious
Sentence: She was given a staid title-„The Iron Lady‟. - INVIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE)
Meaning: having or showing mean resentment of another‟s possessions or advantages
Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory
Antonyms: likeable, lovable
Sentence: His invidious acts caused the people to rise up against him. - POTENT (ADJECTIVE)
Meaning: having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)
Synonyms: vigorous, influential, competent
Antonyms: ineffective, insignificant
Sentence: The potent poison killed him within seconds. - IDIOMS“get the boot”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: get fired
Sentence:
Bob got the boot last week. He needs to find a new job.
“handle with kid gloves”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: handle delicately
Sentence:
Please handle those wine glasses with kid gloves.“hat trick”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: three goals by one player
Sentence:
Ronaldo scored several hat tricks last season.
