1. Refute (verb)
- Meaning: Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false
- Synonyms: Disprove, invalidate
- Antonyms: Prove, confirm
- Usage: This statement is difficult to refute or accept on the base of current research evidence.
2.Stodgy (adj)
- Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement
- Synonyms: Boring, uninteresting
- Antonyms: Interesting, exciting
- Usage: The food in Suzie’s Cafe tends to be stodgy rather than fresh and light.
3.Benign (adj)
- Meaning : Not causing damage or harm
- Synonyms: Harmless, safe
- Antonyms: Harsh, malignant
- Usage: A benign tumor will not cause you any fatal harm.
4.Erudite (adj)
- Meaning: Having or showing great knowledge or learning
- Synonyms: Learned, intellectual
- Antonyms: Unlearned, illiterate
- Usage: He likes to talk with erudite people.
5.Frenzied (adj)
- Meaning: Wildly excited or uncontrolled
- Synonyms: Frantic, mad
- Antonyms: Calm, peaceful
- Usage: The man was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack.
6.Sedition (noun)
- Meaning: Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
- Synonyms: Insurrection, mutiny
- Antonyms: Loyalty, allegiance
- Usage: His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.
7.Dismal (adj)
- Meaning: Causing a mood of gloom or depression; pitifully or disgracefully bad
- Synonyms: Bleak, cheerless
- Antonyms: Pleasant, enthusiastic
- Usage: Her speech continued in the same dismal strain.
8.Ostensibly (adverb)
- Meaning : As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so
- Synonyms: Seemingly, allegedly
- Antonyms: Truly, unlikely
- Usage: The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.
9.Relentless (adj)
- Meaning: Unceasingly intense; harsh or inflexible
- Synonyms: Persistent, severe
- Antonyms: Inexorable, inflexible
- Usage: Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.
10.Proclivity (noun)
- Meaning: A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing
- Synonyms: Inclination, proneness
- Antonyms: Disliking, deviation
- Usage: He has a proclivity for exaggeration.