- FABLED (Adjective)
Meaning: mythical; imaginary.
Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, allegorical.
Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.
Usage: She fabled about her family’s past. - METICULOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
Synonym: careful, conscientious.
Antonym: careless, sloppy, slapdash.
Usage: This accounting job requires a meticulous person. - UNPRECEDENTED (Adjective)
Meaning: never done or known before.
Synonym: unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled.
Antonym: precedented, familiar, usual.
Usage: Jane took an unprecedented step in history when she became the first female firefighter in our town. - FARCE (Noun)
Meaning: an event or situation that is absurd or disorganized.
Synonyms: absurdity, mockery, travesty, sham
Antonyms: tragedy
Usage: The play suddenly changes from farce to tragedy. - VACILLATE (Verb)
Meaning: Waiver between different opinion or actions.
Synonym: temporize, hesitate, oscillate
Antonym: resolute
Usage: You will miss a great opportunity if you vacillate instead of accepting the job offer! - DEBASEMENT (Verb)
Meaning: the action of reducing the quality or value of something
Synonyms: abase, corrupt
Antonyms: uplift, ennoble
Usage: Medieval coin types frequently suffered from gradual debasement, and the coins were generally small. - FAWNING (Adjective)
Meaning: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.
Synonyms: sycophantic, ingratiating, cajoling.
Antonyms: imperious, peremptory, opinionated.
Usage: Jessi wasn’t certain if she should be laughing or horrified by the fawning women. - PANDER (Verb)
Meaning: gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste)
Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy, yield.
Antonyms: dissatisfy, deny, refuse, disturb.
Usage: In some cases, corrupt lobbyists pander to politicians by giving them cash bribes. - USHER (Verb)
Meaning: show or guide (someone) somewhere.
Synonyms: escort, accompany, help, assist.
Antonyms: neglect, stop, trail, cease.
Usage: He did part-time work as an usher in a theatre. - SMUG (Adjective)
Meaning: having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
Synonyms: bighead, complacency, egotism, vainglory.
Antonyms: diffidence, bashfulness, shyness.
Usage: She was very smug and self- satisfied about getting the promotion. - IDIOMS
Ahead of the curve
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a person who is better than others.
Sentence: His ideas are so creative and innovative. So he is always ahead of the curve.Raining cats and dogs
Meaning: Used in a context to say that it’s raining heavily.
Sentence: Carry an umbrella with you before you step out, it’s raining cats and dogs these days.Open the floodgates:
Meaning: Used in a context to describe a situation where something has been released.
Sentence: Economists believe that relaxing price control will open the floodgates to inflation
