- SUBJUGATE (Verb)
Meaning: bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest.
Synonyms: conquer, enslave
Antonyms: lose, release
Example: If you want to be an effective prison guard, you must learn how to subjugate the prisoners with a single glance. - ADROIT (Adjective)
Meaning: very skillful and quick in the way you think or move
Synonyms: adept, artful
Antonyms: clumsy, awkward
Example: She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions. - INTERMEDIARY (Noun)
Meaning: a person who acts as a link between people in order to try and bring about an agreement; a mediator.
Synonyms: broker, mediator, agent, interim
Antonyms: protagonist, excessive, off-centre
Usage: They were approached indirectly through an intermediary. - INFRINGE (Verb)
Meaning: actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).
Synonyms: violate, breach, break, violation
Antonyms: obey, comply, follow, observe
Usage: He occasionally infringe the law by parking near a junction. - WEED OUT (Phrasal Verb)
Meaning: to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, remove, exterminate
Antonyms: seed, sow, plant
Usage: We must weed out the yellow flowers among the onions as soon as possible. - CONUNDRUM (Noun)
Meaning: A difficult problem
Synonym: quandary, a dilemma
Antonym: proposition, solution
Usage: Time will doubtless provide the answer to that conundrum. - XENOPHOBIC (Adjective)
Meaning: having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Synonyms: racist, racialist, ethnocentric,
Antonyms: bountiful, permissive, thoughtful, lenient.
Usage: The French are proud and highly xenophobic when it comes to cooking. - VEXATIOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.
Synonym: annoying, vexing,
Antonym: delightful, pleasing
Usage: The man was a vexatious litigant who brought lawsuits before the court only to irritate the judge. - INVIOLABLE (Adjective)
Meaning: never to be broken, infringed, ignored or dishonored.
Synonym: unchallengeable, unbreakable,
Antonym: partial
Usage: The school board was voting on adding rules which would be considered inviolable. - OBSCENE (Adjective)
Meaning: offending against moral principles; repugnant.
Synonyms: scandalous, atrocious, outrageous
Antonyms: clean, decent, gentle, magnificent
Usage: If you keep using obscene language, you’re going to get in trouble at school. - IDIOMS
Hold your horses
Meaning: Used in a context when you want to ask other person to be patient or slow down.
Example: It’s not right to speak whatever you want. Hold your horses and listen to me.Cool your heels
Meaning: Used in a context when you wait for something or someone for some long that it becomes annoying and irritable.
Sentence: I spent two hours cooling my heels in the waiting room while the CEO was busy in the board meeting.Cut someone down to size
Meaning: Used in a context when you break arrogance or pride of a person.
Sentence: Sam broke his silence and he cut that arrogant guy down to size in no time.
