- KNACKERED (Adjective)
Meaning: Feeling very tires
Synonym: worn out, weary
Antonym: Working and fixed
Usage: I was absolutely knackered at the end of the match. - BESPEAK (Verb)
Meaning: Indicate or be a sign of; suggest.
Synonym: show, manifest
Antonym: belie
Usage: Her house, her style of living, all bespeak an exceeding good income. - INTRANSIGENCE (Noun)
Meaning: refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy
Antonyms: flexible, pliant, soft, submissive, willing.
Usage: I refuse to ever debate with Jenny because her intransigence means we can never convince her to believe my point of view. - PURSY (Adjective)
Meaning: Fat; short-winded especially because of corpulence
Synonym: Blown, panting
Antonym: Cleared, lanky
Usage: At last one of these neighbours, fat, pursy, and worthy as himself, came to his aid. - AFFLICT (Verb)
Meaning: Cause pain or suffering
Synonym: distress, grieve
Antonym: please, relieve
Usage: There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments. - ARRANT (Adjective)
Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
Antonyms: dubious, questionable, restricted,
Example: I have never heard more arrant nonsense in my life. - PROTAGONISTS (Noun)
Meaning: the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.
Synonym: supporter, upholder
Antonym: opponent
Example: Life is like a theatre.
Everyone is the protagonist of its own drama. - RELEGATE (Verb)
Meaning: assign an inferior rank or position to.
Synonyms: downgrade, banish, exile, degrade
Antonyms: upgrade, promote
Example: She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job. - 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: I am not puritanical in matters of art or of literature, or anything of that kind. - PROTEGE (Noun)
Meaning: A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Synonyms: Pupil, student, trainee.
Antonyms: Guardian, adult
Example: As the protege of the most powerful man in the country, his success was guaranteed. - IDIOMS
Drink like a fish
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a person who drinks excess amounts of alcohol.
Sentence: Alan usually doesn’t drink, but since it was a party, he drank like a fish.Sticky Fingers
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a person who has an inclination or a tendency to steal the valuables of others.
Sentence: Be careful with your valuables, he has sticky fingers.Gift of the gab
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a person who has the ability to speak with confidence and make the people believe you.
Sentence: Sandra has got the gift of the gab. She should work in marketing and sales.
