- SCOFF (Verb)
Meaning: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Synonyms: mock, deride, ridicule.
Antonyms: flatter, praise, compliment.
Usage: More than likely, the older arrogant professors will scoff at the ideas of their young peers. - PROFANE (Adjective)
Meaning: vulgar and inappropriate.
Synonyms: coarse, nasty.
Antonyms: kind, polite.
Usage: Because the comic’s jokes were profane and offensive to our religion, we left the show early. - CONCURRENCE (Noun)
Meaning: two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
Synonym: concordance, cooperation, coincidence.
Antonym: dissonance, discord.
Usage: Because the events ran in concurrence, the coordinator could not attend both parties at the same time. - UNPRECEDENTED (Adjective)
Meaning: never done or known before.
Synonym: unequaled, unmatched, unrivaled.
Antonym: precedented, familiar, usual.
Usage: Even the police department is shocked by the unprecedented amount of crime occurring in our small town. - SPATE (Noun)
Meaning: a large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession.
Synonyms: deluge, flood, flurry, string, succession.
Antonyms: dribble, drip, trickle.
Usage: A spate of new homes has popped up in the area due to a boom in population. - ENCUMBRANCE (Noun)
Meaning: an impediment or burden.
Synonym: hindrance, obstruction.
Antonym: help, asset.
Usage: Maggie soon discovered that her broken foot was an encumbrance to everything from her work to her social life to her personal grooming. - DISENCHANTED (Noun)
Meaning: disappointed by someone or something previously respected or admired; disillusioned.
Synonym: disillusioned, disappointed.
Antonym: enchanted, encourage.
Usage: I was disenchanted by the poor service at the restaurant. - BLATANT (Adjective)
Meaning: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly; completely obvious.
Synonym: flagrant, glaring.
Antonym: inconspicuous, subtle.
Usage: The drunk driver’s blatant disregard for the lives of others earned him seven years in prison. - GENOCIDE (Noun)
Meaning: killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular nation or ethnic group.
Synonym: racial killing, massacre.
Antonym: peace, toleration.
Usage: As a result of genocide in the small nation, thousands of children have now become homeless orphans. - GLOSSARY (Noun)
Meaning: a list that gives definitions of the tough or unusual words found inside book.
Synonym: dictionary, vocabulary.
Antonym: roughness.
Usage: The book didn’t have a glossary, so I had to use a dictionary to look up the confusing terms. - IDIOMS
It’s raining cats and dogs
Meaning: It’s raining hard.Kill two birds with one stone
Meaning: Get two things done with a single action.Let the cat out of the bag
Meaning: Give away a secret as part of a sentence
