- WOO (Verb)
Meaning: seek the favor, support, or custom of.
Synonyms: chase, pursue, ingratiate,
Antonyms: deter, affront, repulse, reject.
Usage: The party has been trying to woo the voters with promises of electoral reform. - BRAZEN (Adjective)
Meaning: obvious, bold and without shame.
Synonyms: blatant, bold
Antonyms: humble, meek
Usage: In a brazen assault, the gang fired their weapons at the policeman. - MALAPERT (Adjective)
Meaning: boldly disrespectful; impudent.
Synonym: impertinent, cheeky, rude, brazen.
Antonyms: courteous, humble, modest, polite.
Usage: Is this malapert boy to be trusted, or not? - POCOCURANTE (Adjective)
Meaning: indifferent or unconcerned.
Synonyms: apathetic, listless, insouciant, nonchalant.
Antonyms: overprotective, prudent, concerned.
Sentence: Due to her pococurante attitude toward the homeless, the woman simply walked by the starving children on the streets. - SUBVERT (Verb)
Meaning: to attempt to undercut or overthrow a person or group’s authority.
Synonyms: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overturn.
Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift, exalt.
Sentence: My stepmother is slowly changing things in our house in an attempt to subvert my mother’s traditions. - BENIGNANT (Adjective)
Meaning: having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others, kind and goodhearted.
Synonyms: benevolent, compassionate, kindhearted.
Antonyms: atrocious, brutal, callous, fiendish.
Usage: The queen had a benignant reputation and was loved for her caring treatment of others. - IMPART (Verb)
Meaning: to transmit, bestow, or disclose; to distribute a portion of something.
Synonyms: impose, bestow.
Antonyms: keep, withhold.
Example: Please sit down because the news I am about to impart to you is not pleasant. - SLEAZY (Adjective)
Meaning: dirty, cheap, shabby, dishonest, immoral.
Synonyms: trashy, sordid.
Antonyms: good, nice.
Example: He did not want to become just another sleazy politician, which is why he refused to accept the bribe. - MANOEUVRE (Noun)
Meaning: a carefully planned or cunning scheme or action.
Synonyms: stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy.
Antonyms: innocence, candor, simplicity, incapacity.
Example: The pilot had to make a daring manoeuvre to avoid an incoming missile that would have destroyed his plane. - MALADY (Noun)
Meaning: a disease, ailment or illness.
Synonyms: affliction, disorder, illness, disability
Antonyms: comfort, health
Example: Her respiratory malady required her to carry oxygen with her wherever she went. - IDIOMS
“Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: a mean or cruel person who pretends to be nice and caring.
Usage: The grandmother is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Inside her home, she verbally abuses her household members. Outside her home, she religiously hears mass.“With Hat in Hand”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: with meekness and without a trace of arrogance.
Usage: With hat in hand, the man asked the girl’s parents for her hand in marriage.“Wear the Pants in One’s Family”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: the breadwinner and who is able to order family members around.
Usage: The wife clearly wears the pants in her family. She earns much more than her husband and tells him what to do all the time.
