1. Defamatory (adjective)
- Meaning: (of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libelous.
- Synonyms: libelous, slanderous, defaming, calumnious
- Antonyms: complimentary, approving
- Usage: “a defamatory allegation”
2. Injunction (noun) —
- Meaning: an authoritative warning or order.
- Synonyms: order, ruling, direction, directive, command
- Antonyms: appeal, entreaty, petition, plea
- Usage: The temporary injunction violates the basic principle in free speech law
3. Disseminated (adjective)
- Meaning: having spread throughout an organ or the body.
- Synonyms: broadcast, circulate, propagate, spread
- Antonyms: cloak, conceal, enshroud
- Usage: Arraying print and electronic media outlets that had not previously disseminated
4. Utterances (noun)
- Meaning: a spoken word, statement, or vocal sound. /the action of saying or expressing something aloud.
- Synonyms: remark, comment, word, expression, statement
- Antonyms: listening, question, quiet
- Usage: “he whispered, as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality”
5. Omnibus (adjective)
- Meaning: comprising several items.
- Synonyms: all-embracing, all-in
- Antonyms: circumscribed, limited, narrow, restricted
- Usage: an omnibus edition of his more popular stories
6. Debutant (noun)
- Meaning: a man making his first public appearance, especially in sport.
- Synonyms: new comer,beginner.
- Antonyms: Expert
- Usage: “rarely in the history of the festival has a debutant director won the Palme d’Or”
7. Defendants (noun)
- Meaning: an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
- Synonyms: accused, prisoner at the bar
- Antonyms: Plaintiff, believe
- Usage: “the defendant tried to claim that it was self-defence”
8. Jolt (verb)
- Meaning: push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.
- Synonyms: push, thrust
- Antonyms: disadvantage
- Usage: “a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards”
9. Reeled (verb)
- Meaning: lose one’s balance and stagger or lurch violently.
- Synonyms: stagger, lurch, sway, rock, stumble, totter
- Antonyms: stabilize, steady
- Usage: “he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling”
10.Vulnerable (adjective)
- Meaning: exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- Synonyms: in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk, endangered, unsafe
- Antonyms: well protected, invulnerable, resilient
- Usage: “we were in a vulnerable position”