- VIABLE (Adjective)
Meaning: capable of working successfully; feasible.
Synonyms: applicable, feasible, possible, usable.
Antonyms: impossible, unfeasible, unlikely.
Example: Once upon a time, solar power was not viewed as a viable energy source. - PURITANICAL (Adjective)
Meaning: having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence.
Synonyms: prudish, puritan, prim, priggish.
Antonyms: lecherous, indulgent, indecent, debauched.
Example: My parents are extremely puritanical and will not allow me to date. - ARRANT (Adjective)
Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
Antonyms: dubious, questionable, uncertain.
Example: All of the rumors that are being spread about Rohit are nothing but arrant rubbish. - SUBJUGATE (Verb)
Meaning: to treat yourself or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their beliefs.
Synonyms: conquer, enslave.
Antonyms: lose, release.
Example: Good pet owners are unwilling to subjugate their dogs by placing them in cages. - ADROIT (Adjective)
Meaning: very skillful and quick in the way you think or move.
Synonyms: adept, artful.
Antonyms: clumsy, awkward.
Example: The child was an adroit pianist at an early age. - RELEGATE (Verb)
Meaning: assign an inferior rank or position to.
Synonyms: downgrade, banish, exile, degrade.
Antonyms: upgrade, promote.
Example: Mr. Roy eases his workload by having his secretary pick out the mail that is most important and relegate everything else to the recycling bin. - DISSIDENCE (Noun)
Meaning: disagreement over a matter.
Synonyms: disagreement, disharmony, dispute
Antonyms: agreement, approval, concurrence
Example: The students are showing their dissidence by wearing clothes that don’t match the dress code. - ALACRITY (Noun)
Meaning: cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.
Synonyms: briskness, cheerfulness, eagerness
Antonyms: apathy, discouragement, indifference
Usage: Having studied really hard last night, the student took the exam with alacrity. - CAPACIOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: having a lot of space inside, roomy.
Synonyms: roomy, commodious, spacious, ample.
Antonyms: limited, restricted, narrow, exclusive.
Usage: Since we have over five hundred people coming to the wedding, we need to find a capacious venue. - DISCREET (Adjective)
Meaning: being careful about what one says or does to avoid embarrassing or upsetting others.
Synonyms: careful, circumspect, cautious, wary.
Antonyms: absurd, senseless, ill-advised, imprudent.
Usage: The married politician wanted to keep his affair discreet and hidden. - IDIOMS
“Devil’s advocate”
Meaning: To present a counter argument
Example: The teacher always played devil’s advocate to provoke discussion in the classroom.“Every cloud has a silver lining”
Meaning: Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
Example: I’m sorry your business is going badly, but remember every cloud has a silver lining.“Far cry from”
Meaning: A thing that is very different from something else.
Example: What you did was a far cry from what you said you were going to do.
