1.Dismay (noun)
- Meaning: concern and distress
- Synonym: perturbation
- Antonym: pleasure
- Usage: To her dismay, the result was not favorable.
2.Diabolical (adjective)
- Meaning: unpleasant
- Synonym: dreadful
- Antonym: excellent
- Usage: He has just described a speech as diabolical.
3.Laconic (adjective)
- Meaning: using very few words
- Synonym: succinct
- Antonym: verbose
- Usage: He raised both eyebrows with a laconic grin.
4.Latent (adjective)
- Meaning: existing but not yet developed or manifest
- Synonym: dormant
- Antonym: manifest
- Usage: Without training, his musical talent remained latent.
5.Mesmerizing (adjective)
- Meaning: capturing one’s complete attention
- Synonym: absorbing
- Antonym: unattractive
- Usage: The steady downward spiral of snowflakes was mesmerizing.
6.Temperance (noun)
- Meaning: abstinence
- Synonym: prohibition
- Antonym: liberty
- Usage: This creature succeeded by other means than temperance and purity.
7.Upbraid (verb)
- Meaning: find fault with
- Synonym: reprimand
- Antonym: congratulation
- Usage: The captain upbraids his men for falling asleep.
8.Turgid (adjective)
- Meaning: swollen and distended or congested.
- Synonym: congested
- Antonym: plain
- Usage: The river rolled darkly brown and turgid.
9.Turpitude (noun)
- Meaning: depraved or wicked behavior
- Synonym: immorality
- Antonym: virtue
- Usage: To walk away from an atrocity on our doorstep is moral turpitude.
10.Undulate (verb)
- Meaning: move or go with an up-and-down motion.
- Synonym: surge
- Antonym: roughen
- Usage: We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.
