- REBUFFED (Verb)
Meaning: Reject or refuse something or someone in an abrupt or ungracious manner.
Synonyms: Turn down, Decline, Dismiss, Repel, Spurn.
Antonyms: Accept, Welcome, Approve, Permit, Assist.
Sentence: Since your offer does not benefit me, I will have to rebuff it and walk away empty-handed. - SLAMMED (Verb)
Meaning: Shut or crtiticize forcefully or loudly.
Synonyms: Smash, Slap, Criticize, Beat, Knock, Strike.
Antonyms: Praise, Aid, Assist, Open.
Sentence: The little girl accidentally slammed her hand in the door, crushing her fingers under its weight. - ROGUE (Adjective)
Meaning: Something that is out of ordinary, or against the rules.
Synonyms: Dishonest, Double-dealing, Fradulent.
Antonyms: Decent, Honest, Ethical, Just, Straight-forward.
Sentence: Everyone assumed the rogue talked a female guard into helping him escape from prison. - CLAMOUR (Verb)
Meaning: To shout loudly or making a forceful demand or protest.
Synonyms: Agitation, Noise, Uproar, Shout.
Antonyms: Harmony, Silence, Peace, Calm,
Sentence: As soon as the people learn about the little boy’s murder, they are going to clamor for justice. - EMBEZZLEMENT (Noun)
Meaning: Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one’s trust or employer.
Synonyms: Fraud, Theft, Misuse, Larceny, Defalcation.
Antonyms: Honest, Pay, Reimburse, Return, Compensate.
Sentence: At the same time, some senior staff within the bank were involved in frauds and embezzlement. - PRATTLE (Verb)
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Synonyms: chatter, babble, patter, blabber, waffle.
Antonyms: quiet, silence, clamor, enunciate, articulate, pronounce.
Usage: Smita made everyone angry when she used the entire lunch meeting to prattle on the subject of her new car. - SEMINAL (Adjective)
Meaning: Strongly influencing later developments.
Synonyms: Influential, Formative, Important, Primary.
Antonyms: Dull, Inessential, Minor, Unsubstantial.
Usage: Newton’s laws are seminal in the field of physics. - EXEGESIS (Noun)
Meaning: an explanation or critical interpretation of a text.
Synonyms: interpretation, elucidation, clarification.
Antonyms: pain point.
Usage: After listening to the author’s exegesis of his latest book, I realized I had completely missed the theme of the novel. - LOUT (Noun)
Meaning: a big clumsy often slow-witted person.
Synonyms: ignoramus, fathead, dimwit.
Antonyms: intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard.
Usage: When the neighbors witnessed his cruelty to animals, they informed the police of the actions of the lout. - TROVE (Noun)
Meaning: a store of valuable or delightful things.
Synonyms: accumulation, heap, pile, reservoir, stock.
Antonyms: trash, litter, junk, reduction, shrinkage.
Usage: Little Suzy kept her trove of secret treasures hidden in a tin coffee can under her bed so no one would find it. - IDIOMS:
“Chew the Fat”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: Chat for a considerable length of time
Example: We’re not doing much – just chewing the fat. Why don’t you come over?
“Cook Someone’s Goose”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: To insure someone’s defeat, to frustrate someone’s plans
Example: Let’s steal one of the spark plugs from Rohan’s car. That’ll cook his goose.
“Food for thought”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: Something that makes you think carefully.
Example: The teacher’s advice certainly gave me food for thought.
