- PERPETUATE (VERB)
Meaning: to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely.
Synonyms: eternalize, immortalize, commemorate,
Antonyms: annihilate, crush, decimate, demolish
Sentence: He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted. - BLOVIATE (VERB)
Meaning: to speak or write verbosely and windily
Synonyms: alleviate, aviate, blockade, deviate
Antonyms: be quiet, be silent
Sentence: Many serious individuals do not like people that bloviate, as they hate conversation that does not have a point and takes too long. - HITHERTO (ADVERB)
Meaning: up to this or that time
Synonyms: heretofore, yet, formerly, long ago
Antonyms: henceforth, henceforward, hereafter, currently, presently
Sentence: Hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960. - NEUROSIS (NOUN)
Meaning: mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality
Synonyms: dementia, hallucinosis, hypomania,
Antonyms: lucidity, rationality, rationalness, reasonability
Sentence: These are givers whose philanthropy has been absent neurosis and aggression. - VOLTE-FACE (NOUN)
Meaning: a reversal in policy
Synonyms: flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, rescinding
Antonyms: enactment, validation
Sentence: After learning that I wrongly accused someone, I did a volte face and was now friends with this person. - FRACTIOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: irritable and quarrelsome.
Synonyms: grumpy, cantankerous, peevish, irascible.
Antonyms: amicable, docile, affable, genial.
Usage: During the concert, police officers were on hand just in case the crowd became fractious. - DOWNRIGHT (Adjective)
Meaning: (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis).
Synonyms: total, absolute, thorough, perfect, sheer.
Antonyms: inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, unfinished.
Usage: He made the audacious choice to tell me a downright lie. - CONFLATE (Verb)
Meaning: combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Synonyms: amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse.
Antonyms: divide, part, separate, rupture.
Usage: To conflate art and science, teachers must design activities that blend the two. - EERILY (Adverb)
Meaning: in a strange and frightening manner.
Synonyms: hauntingly, creepily, scarily, spookily.
Antonyms: dulcetly, pleasingly, pleasantly, agreeably.
Usage: In front of him stood a masked man clutching a knife in one hand, grinning eerily at him. - CONFABULATE (Verb)
Meaning: to talk informally
Synonyms: cackle, chat, patter, schmooze.
Antonyms: be silent, be quiet.
Usage: Guests gathered in the hallway to confabulate about the weather and make small talk. - IDIOMS :
“heard it through the grapevine”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: hear a rumor.
Usage: I heard it through the grapevine that you were getting nose surgery.
“hot potato”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: a controversial subject
Usage: Trump’s last Tweet was a hot potato in the news.
“in a nutshell”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: to sum up
Usage: In a nutshell, she is sick because she drank too much last night.
