- COUP (noun)
Meaning: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
Synonyms: stroke, putsch, revolution.
Antonyms: defeat, failure.
Usage: Since our team is usually eliminated early in the competition, we considered it a major coup when we won the championship. - AFFILIATE (verb)
Meaning: officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization
Synonyms: associate, ally, join, unite, combine.
Antonyms: separate, disaffiliate, abate, enemy.
Usage: After being fired, the doctor was no longer affiliated with the hospital. - TIPPING POINT (noun)
Meaning: the point at which small incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger change.
Synonyms: game changer, turning point.
Antonyms: hold, place, straighten, even.
Usage: It seems I experienced some kind of tipping point, at which I decided I wanted to learn about other races, rather than wanting to hate them. - COUNTERWEIGHT (noun)
Meaning: a weight that balances another weight.
Synonyms: counterpoise, counterbalance.
Antonyms: lopsidedness, disequilibrium.
Usage: This negative review is a counterweight to the praise the book has won since publication. - RESURGENCE (noun)
Meaning: an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.
Synonyms: revival, resurrection, renewal, rebirth.
Antonyms: attenuation, disappearance, disintegration.
Usage: A health-related epidemic resulted in a panic of many people when a resurgence of tuberculosis recently infected ten people. - OMNIBUS (adjective)
Meaning: a volume containing several books previously published separately.
Synonyms: collection, comprehensive, complete.
Antonyms: limited, incomplete, restricted, contained.
Usage: Omnibus editions of novels tend to be too heavy to be read with comfort. - GAMUT (noun)
Meaning: the complete range or scope of something.
Synonyms: spectrum, range, scope, span.
Antonyms: conflict, disagree, protest.
Usage: The company has a gamut of products ranging from infant toys to electrical wall outlets. - DISSENT (noun)
Meaning: express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held, to differ in opinion.
Synonyms: conflict, disagree, protest.
Antonyms: agree, assent, agreement.
Usage: After being bribed by an important businessman, the politician promised not to dissent on the corporate tax reduction bill. - INTERPLAY (noun)
Meaning: the way in which two or more things have an effect on each other.
Synonyms: interaction, engagement, interrelationship.
Antonyms: isolation, stigmatization.
Usage: Players on a sports team often realize the interplay of competition and cooperation due to the need for both at different times of the game. - ANTICIPATE (verb)
Meaning: expect or predict; ready for something to occur.
Synonyms: expect, predict, foresee, hope.
Antonyms: unexpected, doubt.
Usage: Since we anticipate each person will eat at least two hot dogs at the barbecue, we have purchased fifty hot dogs for our twenty-five guests. - IDIOMS
“sour grapes”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: say something bad because you didn’t get what you wanted
Usage: “Don’t listen to him complain – it’s only sour grapes because you got the job and he didn’t.”“play gooseberry”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: go somewhere with a couple who would prefer to be on their own
Usage: “I’d rather not come to the cinema with you two – I’d just feel I was playing gooseberry.”“eating for two”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: be pregnant and so eating more.
Usage: “Good news, darling. The doctor says I’m eating for two now.”
