1.Spurious (adjective)
- Meaning: not being what it purports to be
- Synonym: bogus
- Antonym: authentic
- Usage:He demolished the opposition’s spurious arguments.
2.Staid (adjective)
- Meaning: sedate
- Synonym: respectable
- Antonym: frivolous
- Usage:He had grown staid and dull.
3.Stolid (adjective)
- Meaning: calm
- Synonym: impassive
- Antonym: emotional
- Usage:His facial features suggested a stolid character.
4.Subjugate (verb)
- Meaning: bring under domination
- Synonym: vanquish
- Antonym: liberate
- Usage:Imperialism has not been able to subjugate them.
5.Surfeit (noun)
- Meaning: an excessive
- Synonym: surplus
- Antonym: lack
- Usage: A surfeit of rich food is not good for his health.
6.Surreptitious (adjective)
- Meaning: kept secret
- Synonym: stealthy
- Antonym: blatant
- Usage:He made a surreptitious recording with a concealed hand-held machine.
7.Swarthy (adjective)
- Meaning: dark-complexioned
- Synonym:dark-colored
- Antonym: pale
- Usage: He was a swarthy young man with impressive speech.
8.Tangential (adjective)
- Meaning: diverging from a previous course or line
- Synonym: digressive
- Antonym: relevant
- Usage: She spent too much time in discussing tangential issues.
9.Tome (noun)
- Meaning: a scholarly book
- Synonym: opus
- Antonym: flier
- Usage:The tome was far heavier than she expected, made of something much different than cardboard and paper.
10.Toady (noun)
- Meaning: a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
- Synonym: sycophant
- Antonym: independent
- Usage:Being the toady she is Elaine fawns over the company president every time she sees him.
