1.Divisive (adjective)
- Meaning: causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
- Synonym: alienating
- Antonym: unifying
- Usage:The divisive proposal split the committee into two opposing sides.
2.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.
3.Eclectic (adjective)
- Meaning: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- Synonym: extensive
- Antonym: dogmatic
- Usage: She has very eclectic tastes in literature.
4.Egregious (adjective)
- Meaning: conspicuously or outrageously
- Synonym: appalling
- Antonym: marvelous
- Usage:Egregious errors were caused by the tablet’s failure to check spelling.
5.Forbearance (noun)
- Meaning: good-natured tolerance of delay
- Synonym: incompetence
- Antonym: impatience
- Usage:The local bank will use forbearance in its agreements with homeowners whose properties were destroyed by the hurricane.
6.Gourmand (noun)
- Meaning: a person who is devoted to eating
- Synonym: glutton
- Antonym: ascetic
- Usage:The creative regional cuisine has been awarded a Michelin bib gourmand.
7.Hapless (adjective)
- Meaning: unfortunate and deserving pity
- Synonym: unfortunate
- Antonym: lucky
- Usage:Many children are hapless victims of this war.
8.Impinge (verb)
- Meaning: infringe upon
- Synonym: affect
- Antonym: placate
- Usage: He heard the rain impinge on the windows.
9.Incontrovertible (adjective)
- Meaning: impossible to deny
- Synonym: disputable
- Antonym: questionable
- Usage:We have incontrovertible evidence of the incident.
10.Intimation (noun)
- Meaning: a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- Synonym: announcement
- Antonym: solution
- Usage:I was stranded in an isolated cabin without electricity so I had no intimation of the storm that was headed my way.
