- Bottleneck(n)= stoppage
- Synonym= Obstruction, impediment
- Antonym= Accelerant, quickener
- Usage= The proposed subway is envisaged to clear the traffic bottleneck at this busy junction.
- Straitjacket(n)= shackles
- Synonym= Confinement, hindrance
- Antonym= Allowance, permission
- Usage= He refused to be fitted into any ideological straitjacket.
- Outlandish(adj.)= strange
- Synonym= Weird, peculiar
- Antonym= Conventional, ordinary
- Usage= Parts of Lisa’s story sounded outlandish and no one would believe her.
- Depleting(v)= weaken
- Synonym= Reduce, exhaust
- Antonym= Augment, increase
- Usage= If possible, rotate strawberries with other crops to prevent disease and avoid depleting the soil.
- Onerous(Adj)= troublesome
- Synonym= Arduous, burdensome
- Antonym= Effortless, easy
- Usage= Cleaning your coffee pot is not an onerous chore.
- Exhume(v)= dig
- Synonym= Excavate, unearth
- Antonym= Bury, conceal
- Usage= The medical examiner will exhume the corpse to see if the man was poisoned.
- Predicament(n)= difficulty
- Synonym= Plight, crisis
- Antonym= Advantage, benefit
- Usage= The last word of the story is also the first word to suggest the circular pattern to the character’s predicament.
- Prophylaxis(n)= protection
- Synonym= Prevention, precaution
- Antonym= Stimulation, provocation
- Usage= When, for instance, the cause of septic infection had been revealed, the prophylaxis of the disease became a possibility.
- Cardinal(Adj)= essential
- Synonym= Fundamental, crucial
- Antonym= Unimportant, inferior
- Usage= In a town in Italy, having litter-free land is a cardinal law due to the number of environmentalists who live there.
- Perennial(Adj)= everlasting
- Synonym= Perpetual, eternal
- Antonym= Occasional, terminating
- Usage= His answer touched the perennial problems and pretensions of politicians.
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