- VEST (Verb)
Meaning: rights, benefits, or privileges that are typically inherent or legally guaranteed.
Synonyms: endow, lodge, entrust to.
Synonyms: endow, lodge, entrust to.
Usage: The judicial power is vested in a high court and many subordinate courts. - CONTEST (Noun)
Meaning: an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in quality.
Synonyms: competition, dispute, challenge, fight
Antonyms: collaborate, concord, support, compromise
Usage: The contest was too one-sided to be exciting. - RETROGRADE (Adjective)
Meaning: directed or moving backwards.
Synonyms: reverse, rearward, regressive, downhill,
Antonyms: progress, advance, modern
Usage: The disease produces a retrograde process which weakens normally healthy muscles. - EMBARK (Verb)
Meaning: begin (a course of action).
Synonyms: start, commence, launch
Antonyms: disembark, end, finish
Usage: On their anniversary, my parents will embark on a trip around the world. - OVERTURN (Verb)
Meaning: abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.)
Synonyms: overthrow, upset, reverse.
Antonyms: build, allow, permit.
Usage: He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government. - INVASIVE (Adjective)
Meaning: tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully.
Synonyms: nosy, interfering
Antonyms: defensive, inoffensive, palatable, lovable
Example: They found invasive cancer during a routine examination. - DETENTE (Noun)
Meaning: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Synonyms: agreement, peace, amity, concord.
Antonyms: disruptive, antagonism, antipathy, hostility.
Example: The ambassadors spoke to each other about creating a climate of detente in the war torn region. - CONTENTIOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms: disputable, debatable, moot, vexed.
Antonyms: agreeable, pacific, peaceful.
Example: As a rule, I tend to avoid contentious topics of conversation which might lead to arguments. - AMBIGUOUS (Noun)
Meaning: confusing; difficult to understand.
Synonyms: arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, double-edged,
Antonyms: abstruse, esoteric, recondite
Example: If your question was less ambiguous, I could better answer it. - PROLIFERATION (Noun)
Meaning: rapid increase in the number or amount of something.
Synonyms: expansion, spread
Antonyms: stagnation
Example: At his appointment, the doctor explained that proliferation of the tumor leads it to grow rapidly. - IDIOMS
“Put on One’s Thinking Cap”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: to think deeply and to analyze something from all possible aspects.
Usage: When we have a problem, we should put on our thinking cap so we can come up with clever solutions.“Play One’s Cards Close to One’s Chest”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: Being extremely careful and guarded; to not let others know about one’s plans and thoughts.
Usage: The negotiators are cunning. They play their cards close to their chest to hide their real intentions.“Out of Pocket”
CLOTHING IDIOM
Meaning: money that one directly spends for personal use usually during business trips.
Usage: The manager tries to keep his out of pocket low during business trips. He does not want his company’s auditors to question him about unnecessary expenses.
