1.Puerile (adjective)
- Meaning: childishly silly and immature.
- Synonym: infantile
- Antonym: mature
- Usage: The story in the book is simple and puerile.
2.Bereft (adjective)
- Meaning: lacking or deprived of something
- Synonym: minus
- Antonym: endowed
- Usage: running out of money, he felt bereft of hope.
3.Approbation (noun)
- Meaning: official acceptance or agreement
- Synonym: acceptance
- Antonym: criticism
- Usage: A murmur of approbation and satisfaction ran through the crowd.
4.Prurient (adjective)
- Meaning: having or encouraging an excessive interest
- Synonym: licentious
- Antonym: pure
- Usage: We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
5.Promulgate (verb)
- Meaning: promote or make widely known
- Synonym: publicize
- Antonym: hide
- Usage: Her ideas have been widely promulgated on the Internet.
6.Assiduous (adjective)
- Meaning: marked by care and persistent effort
- Synonym: diligent
- Antonym: careless
- Usage: He was assiduous in his attendance at church.
7.Calumny (noun)
- Meaning: a false accusation of an offense
- Synonym: slander
- Antonym: acclaim
- Usage: He answered to the calumny best with silence.
8.Diaphanous (adjective)
- Meaning: so thin as to transmit light
- Synonym: sheer
- Antonym: opaque
- Usage: They wore diaphanous masks as a veil.
9.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.
10.Discomfit (verb)
- Meaning: cause to lose one’s composure
- Synonym: embarrass
- Antonym: reassure
- Usage: The mob boss will try and discomfit the witness by threatening his family.
