- BESTOW (Verb)
Meaning: to give something as an honour or present.
Synonyms: award, grant.
Antonyms: take, deny.
Example: The king will bestow a title and land to the man who saved the princess. - TACIT (Adjective)
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
Synonyms: implicit, inferred, insinuated, unspoken.
Antonyms: blatant, evident, manifest, explicit.
Example: By leaving my keys in my car, I am giving you tacit approval to borrow my car anytime you like. - DOWNBEAT (Adjective)
Meaning: pessimistic or gloomy.
Synonyms: despondent, depressed, distrustful.
Antonyms: optimistic, propitious, auspicious, cheerful.
Usage: The overall mood of the meeting was downbeat. - BACKSTOP (Noun)
Meaning: an emergency precaution or last resort.
Synonyms: safeguard, preventive measure, insurance.
Antonyms: constraint, limitation, restriction, sanction.
Usage: The government recently introduced an insurance program to backstop money funds. - CARCASS (Noun)
Meaning: the dead body of an animal.
Synonyms: corpse, cadaver, remains, relics.
Antonyms: revival, alive, essence, resurrection.
Usage: We called animal control to remove an animal carcass on our street. - DEVOLVE (Verb)
Meaning: to pass on something (i.e., responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person to a lower entity.
Synonyms: depute, assign, consign, entrust.
Antonyms: centralize, retain, preserve, confine.
Usage: The building will devolve to his eldest son. - EXPUNGE (Verb)
Meaning: obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, abolish, annihilate.
Antonyms: renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
Usage: The lawyer did everything he could to expunge his client’s name from the murder scandal. - UNTRAMMELED (Adjective)
Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
Synonyms: unobstructed, unhampered, unrestrained.
Antonyms: limited, restrained, restricted, obstructed.
Usage: Allowing the dictator’s power to go untrammeled is dangerous and someone needs to put it in check. - PANDER (Verb)
Meaning: to spoil a person by giving him his desires, usually something immoral or illegal.
Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy, yield.
Antonyms: dissatisfy, deny, refuse, disturb.
Usage: Because John wants his son to value a dollar, he does not pander to his whims by giving him everything he wants. - BLOC (Noun)
Meaning: a group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance.
Synonyms: association, coalition, federation.
Antonyms: nonalignment, unconnectedness, disunion.
Usage: Many of the Arab nations are considering forming a bloc to protect themselves in preparation of war. - IDIOMS
A stitch in time saves nine
Meaning: Fix the problem now because it will get worse later.A storm in a teacup
Meaning: A big fuss about a small problem.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Meaning: You can prevent a problem with little effort. Fixing it later is harder.
