1.Douse (verb)
- Meaning: pour a liquid over
- Synonym: drench
- Antonym: dehydrate
- Usage: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
2.Reticent (adjective)
- Meaning: not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily
- Synonym: reserved
- Antonym: expansive
- Usage: He is very reticent about his past.
3.Maxim (noun)
- Meaning: a short pithy statement
- Synonym: adage
- Antonym: absurdity
- Usage: A good maxim is never out of season.
4.Mores (noun)
- Meaning: the essential or characteristic
- Synonym: conventions
- Antonym: impropriety
- Usage: Expectations reshaped by mores are no longer so easily affronted.
5.Jive (noun)
- Meaning: a lively style
- Synonym: swing
- Antonym: genuine
- Usage: The conman tried to use his jive talk to trick people into giving him money.
6.Obstreperous (adjective)
- Meaning: noisy and difficult to control
- Synonym: unruly
- Antonym: calm
- Usage: The teenagers became obstreperous when their school team lost the football game.
7.Onerous
- Meaning: involving great difficulty
- Synonym: burdensome
- Antonym: effortless
- Usage: The flight attendant was not prepared to deal with the onerous passenger.
8.Panacea (noun)
- Meaning: a solution or remedy for all difficulties
- Synonym: cure
- Antonym: injury
- Usage: Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.
9.Pernicious (adjective)
- Meaning: something with harmful effect
- Synonym: destructive
- Antonym: beneficial
- Usage: Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
10.Pithy (adjective)
- Meaning: containing much pith
- Synonym: succinct
- Antonym: verbose
- Usage: A popular speaker was known for her pithy sayings.
