- FUSILLADES (Noun)
Meaning: a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.
Synonym: salvo, volley.
Antonym: drip, trickle.
Usage: During the police interrogation, I felt as though the detectives attacked me with a fusillade of questions. - BUGLES (Noun)
Meaning: a brass instrument like a small trumpet, typically without valves or keys and used for military signals.
Synonym: Clarion, cornet
Antonym: inactivity, overact
Usage: The bugle player sounded his trumpet every morning, announcing the beginning of the day. - GLEE (Noun)
Meaning: great delight, especially from one’s own good fortune or another’s misfortune.
Synonym: delight, pleasure
Antonym: gloom, disappointment
Usage: There was much glee among journalists over the leaked letter. - ATYPICAL (Adjective)
Meaning: not representative of a type, group, or class; not normal.
Synonym: unusual, untypical,
Antonym: typical
Usage: It is atypical for John to be silent because he is such a talkative fellow. - SUCCOUR (Noun)
Meaning: assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
Synonyms: aid, assistance, support, ease
Antonyms: blockage, hindrance, injury, obstruction.
Usage: Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners. - FORAY (Noun)
Meaning: a short visit, especially with a known purpose, an initial attempt at something.
Synonyms: descent, invasion
Antonyms: leave, abstention
Usage: During the hottest months of summer, one of my favorite escapes is a foray to the air-conditioned mall to do a little window shopping. - EXALT (Verb)
Meaning: think or speak very highly of (someone or something).
Synonyms: dignify, glorify
Antonyms: blame, condemn
Usage: For a fee, most celebrities will exalt a product by pretending to like it. - PAUCITY (Noun)
Meaning: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
Synonyms: scarcity, dearth, shortage, rarity
Antonyms: abundance
Usage: Even though the school claims to be a major university, it has merely a paucity of courses for students to take. - OGLE (Verb)
Meaning: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Synonyms: stare, gawk
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Usage: If the stranger continues to ogle me, my husband is going to get very jealous. - HOARD (Verb)
Meaning: to collect large amounts of something and keep it in a safe, often secret, place
Synonyms: accumulation, backlog
Antonyms: debt, lack
Usage: We broke into the store to hoard the electronics. - IDIOMS
A bosom friend
Meaning: Used to describe a person who is very close.
Sentence: If you wanna know the birthday of Katrina, you should call Alisha. She is a bosom friend of Katrina.Sweeping statements
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a statement that is very generalized and doesn’t take into account any facts or logic.
Sentence: It’s not correct to completely rely on news channels these days. They all make sweeping statements to gain TRPs.To blow one’s own trumpet
Meaning: Used to describe a person who praises and brags a lot about his own achievement
Sentence: Katrina always brags a lot about her success. She constantly keeps blowing her own
