1.Dour (adjective)
- Meaning: showing a brooding ill humor
- Synonym: stern
- Antonym: cheerful
- Usage: The dour man would not laugh at any of the comedian’s jokes.
2.Eclectic (adjective)
- Meaning: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- Synonym: extensive
- Antonym: dogmatic
- Usage: She has very eclectic tastes in literature.
3.Enfranchise (verb)
- Meaning: grant freedom to
- Synonym: emancipate
- Antonym: disenfranchise
- Usage: They tried to enfranchise the smaller outlet for better functioning.
4.Equanimity (noun)
- Meaning: steadiness of mind under stress
- Synonym: composure
- Antonym: anxiety
- Usage: His equanimity helped him to overcome the difficulty.
5.Hapless (adjective)
- Meaning: unfortunate and deserving pity
- Synonym: unfortunate
- Antonym: lucky
- Usage: Many children are hapless victims of this war.
6.Impute (adjective)
- Meaning: attribute or credit to
- Synonym: attribute
- Antonym: withdraw
- Usage: The political candidate tried to impute some rather unfortunate insults to his opponent.
7.Litigant (noun)
- Meaning: a person involved in a lawsuit
- Synonym: opponent
- Antonym: claimant
- Usage: A plaintiff is a litigant as is the defendant because they both are involved in a lawsuit.
8.Onerous
- Meaning: involving great difficulty
- Synonym: burdensome
- Antonym: effortless
- Usage: The flight attendant was not prepared to deal with the onerous passenger.
9.Panacea (noun)
- Meaning: a solution or remedy for all difficulties
- Synonym: cure
- Antonym: injury
- Usage: Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.
10.Proclivity (noun)
- Meaning: a tendency to choose or do something regularly
- Synonym: inclination
- Antonym: antipathy
- Usage: It is the proclivity of the gas companies to raise prices when demand is high.
