- DEROGATORY (Adjective)
Meaning: showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
Synonyms: disparaging, slighting, pejorative, belittling
Antonyms: complimentary, appreciative, flattering
Example: Luckily, she had had nothing derogatory or confidential to say! - TRUCULENT (Adjective)
Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
Synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic,
Antonyms: cooperative, friendly, amiable
Example: When my uncle drinks too much, he becomes very truculent and will fight anyone. - INDELIBLE (Adjective)
Meaning: not able to be forgotten.
Synonyms: indestructible, permanent, lasting,
Antonyms: destructible, erasable, impermanent
Example: After the kindness he has shown to our family during this difficult time, he will always have an indelible place in all our hearts. - CULT (Noun)
Meaning: a religious group
Synonyms: band, group
Antonyms: disbelief
Example: Their son ran away from home and joined a religious cult. - TRACT (Noun)
Meaning: a large area of land
Synonyms: estate, expanse
Antonyms: whole
Example: They bought a 40-acre tract of land for development. - SWATHE (Noun)
Meaning: a large part of something that includes several different things.
Synonyms: envelope, stretch, area, track.
Antonyms: brink, border, boundary, margin.
Usage: Without a swathe to hold her still, the infant was unable to sleep soundly and tossed back and forth. - HIATUS (Noun)
Meaning: a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.
Synonyms: pause, break, interval, interruption,
Antonyms: closure, juncture, misfortune
Usage: After Mary had a baby, she took a brief hiatus from work. - MACHINATIONS (Noun)
Meaning: crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
Synonyms: conspiracy, intrigue, ploy, ruse, stratagem
Antonyms: frankness, honesty, ignorance
Usage: They do not want to get caught up in a machination of U.S. - ATROCITIES (Noun)
Meaning: the quality or state of being extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal.
Synonyms: barbarity, horror
Antonyms: good behavior, kindness, pleasantness
Usage: The soldier’s act of atrocity earned him a dishonorable discharge from the military and a fifty-year prison sentence. - IMPUNITY (Noun)
Meaning: exemption from punishment.
Synonyms: immunity, dispensation, exception, exemption.
Antonyms: denial, prohibition, veto, imprisonment,
Usage: Despite the heinous nature of the crimes they committed, the old men received impunity from the court because of their ages. - IDIOMS:
“smart cookie”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: an intelligent person
Usage: George is one smart cookie. He got 100 percent on all his tests.“spice things up”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: make more exciting
Usage: Sara spiced up her room by hanging paintings on the walls.“spill the beans”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: reveal a secret
Usage: Who spilt the beans about my brother’s surprise birthday party?
