- ARRAIGN (Verb)
Meaning: to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment
Synonym: appeal, book, cite, summon, accuse,
Antonym: advocate, champion, defend, excuse,
Usage: They wanted to arraign the thief for stealing cars on the same day he was arrested. - CONNIVANCE (Noun)
Meaning: Secretly involved in immoral or illegal activity.
Synonym: Involvement, assistance, conspiracy.
Antonym: Disapprobation, rejection, dislike.
Usage: The criminals could not have escaped without your connivance. - DEADLOCK (Noun)
Meaning: a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made.
Synonyms: stalemate, impasse, checkmate, stand-off.
Antonyms: breakthrough, advance, progress,
Example: The negotiations ended in deadlock. - OBFUSCATE (Verb)
Meaning: to confuse
Synonyms: befog, confuse
Antonyms: clarify, befog
Example: She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue. - DETERRENCE (Noun)
Meaning: the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
Synonyms: determent, disincentive, dissuasion
Antonyms: support, promotion, encouragement.
Example: For most people, the possibility of jail time is deterrence, but some hardened criminals will steal and kill anyway. - ELUSION (Noun)
Meaning: The action of escaping from or avoiding a danger, typically in a skillful or cunning way.
Synonyms: prevention, escapism.
Antonyms: stay, confront.
Example: Hide and seek is a game all about elusion, as you can’t win if you can’t hide from the person that is looking for you. - VENERATE (Verb)
Meaning: regard with great respect; worship someone or something.
Synonyms: revere, adulate, exalt.
Antonyms: despise.
Example: Although I do believe we should venerate honest politicians, I do not believe these individuals should be paid large salaries. - FLEECE (Verb)
Meaning: obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging them.
Synonyms: swindle, cheat, defraud, deceive, trick.
Antonyms: give, offer.
Example: They hoped to fleece me in some way, and their very association discredited me in the eyes of one or two honest men. - PANOPLY (Noun)
Meaning: A large and impressive range of things; an impressive collection or exhibition.
Synonym: Array, range.
Antonym: Hiding, Dullness.
Usage: The designer’s exciting panoply of dresses won over the fashion critics. - AMELIORATE (Verb)
Meaning: To make better.
Synonyms: Amend, better, improve, upgrade..
Antonyms: worsen, reduce, diminish.
Example: Ameliorate your singing by taking a few vocal lessons. - IDIOMS
Speech is silver, but silence is golden
Meaning: An expression that indicates that silence is always better than speech.
Usage: I would prefer to stay calm before the arrogant CEO if I were you. Have you forgotten: Speech is silver, but silence is golden.Put pen to paper
Meaning: To write or to begin writing on a piece of paper or book.
Sentence: If you really want to master vocabulary, you have to consider putting pen to paper as often as possible.Egg all over your face
Meaning: Something that makes you look like a fool; being embarrassed for some stupid action.
Sentence: The politician was left with egg all over his face when a young student asked him some tough questions in public.
