- VOLITANT (Noun)
Meaning: flying or moving about rapidly
Synonyms: floating, soaring
Antonyms: slow, grounded
Example: The volitant helicopter flew around the area rapidly in search of the missing toddler. - SCALDING (Adjective)
Meaning: If a liquid is scalding, it is extremely hot
Synonyms: blazing, blistering
Antonyms: cold, cool
Example: He’d drink it faster if he could, but it was scalding hot. - EXORBITANT (Adjective)
Meaning: (of prices and demands) much too large
Synonyms: enormous, outrageous
Antonyms: cheap, good
Example: The luxury hotel charges an exorbitant rate of Rs.500 for a single cheeseburger. - OUTREACH (Noun)
Meaning: The extent or length of reaching out, to offer or give aid or service.
Synonyms: Exceed, Advocate, Reach, Communicate,
Antonyms: Stay in Place, Fail, Mis-communicate
Usage: When the police officer gave his new shoes to a homeless man, this outreach of sympathy was appreciated by the man. - SIDLE (Verb)
Meaning: to move in a discreet manner, often by walking sideways
Synonyms: creep, sneak, slink, slip, slide
Antonyms: march, stride
Usage: The doorway wasn’t very wide so even the dwarf had to turn sideways to sidle through it. - BENIGN (Adjective)
Meaning: gentle and kind.
Synonyms: favorable, gentle, mild, amiable.
Antonyms: harmful, unkind, violent.
Example: When the doctor said my tumor was benign, I was so happy. - INACTION (Noun)
Meaning: lack of action where some is expected or appropriate.
Synonyms: inertia, passivity, stagnation, acedia
Antonyms: busyness, energy, happiness, liveliness
Example: Several newspapers have criticized the President for inaction. - AMNESTY (Noun)
Meaning: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of criminal or political offences.
Synonyms: forgiveness, immunity, reprieve, absolution
Antonyms: acquittal, amnesty, compurgation,
Example: Can you believe the justice department is willing to give the terrorists amnesty in exchange for information? - BANE (Noun)
Meaning: something causing misery or death.
Synonyms: scourge, plague, ruination, destruction.
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, boon, felicity.
Usage: Some people believe that technology is the bane of social interaction and that eventually no one will have to speak to another person face to face. - VITIATE (Verb)
Meaning: to reduce the value, or effectiveness of something.
Synonyms: annihilate, negate, quash
Antonyms: allow, permit
Usage: While some public servants are found to be corrupt, it is impossible to vitiate the integrity of the majority of law enforcement officers by offering them a bribe. - IDIOMS
“be like chalk and cheese”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: be completely different
Usage: I don’t know why they got married, they’re like chalk and cheese.“a square meal”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: a filling meal.
Usage: You need a square meal after all that exercise.“in apple-pie order”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: in perfect order.
Usage: Her house was in apple-pie order, with nothing out of place.
