1.Laconic (adjective)
- Meaning: using very few word
- Synonym: concise
- Antonym: verbose
- Usage: He raised both eyebrows with a laconic grin.
2.Maxim (noun)
- Meaning: a short pithy statement
- Synonym: adage
- Antonym: absurdity
- Usage: A good maxim is never out of season.
3.Morass (noun)
- Meaning: an area of muddy
- Synonym: quagmire
- Antonym: desert
- Usage: The river flowing into the valley caused a great, muddy morass.
4.Obdurate (adjective)
- Meaning: stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion
- Synonym: obstinate
- Antonym: amenable
- Usage: Despite the defendant’s apology, the judge was obdurate and gave him a thirty-year sentence.
5.Libertarian (noun)
- Meaning: an advocate or supporter of a political philosophy
- Synonym: proponent
- Antonym: necessitarian
- Usage: The libertarian model is identified with the struggle for a free press.
6.Phlegmatic (adjective)
- Meaning: having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
- Synonym: composed
- Antonym: excitable
- Usage: Commuting in the rush – hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.
7.Preponderance (noun)
- Meaning: the quality or fact of being greater in number
- Synonym: prevalence
- Antonym: subordinate
- Usage: The preponderance of evidence suggests that he’s guilty.
8.Proscribe (verb)
- Meaning: forbid
- Synonym: prohibit
- Antonym: allowance
- Usage: They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.
9.Legerdemain (noun)
- Meaning: skillful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.
- Synonym: juggling
- Antonym: plainness
- Usage: The magic show was filled with legerdemain that kept the audience wondering how the tricks were performed.
10.Linchpin (noun)
- Meaning: a person or thing vital to an enterprise
- Synonym: mainstay
- Antonym: exteriority
- Usage: Controlling wages is the linchpin of the Government’s policies.
