1. CEREBRAL (ADJECTIVE): brainy
- Synonyms: erudite, scholarly
- Antonyms: foolish, doltish
- Example Sentence: She excelled in cerebral pursuits.
2. PIVOTAL (ADJECTIVE): important
- Synonyms: vital, crucial
- Antonyms: unimportant, uncritical
- Example Sentence: Nice customer service is pivotal to a successful business.
3. INVIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE): hateful
- Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory
- Antonyms: likeable, lovable
- Example Sentence: His invidious acts caused the people to rise up against him.
4. GLIB (ADJECTIVE): artful
- Synonyms: facile, eloquent
- Antonyms: quiet, silent
- Example Sentence: The glib phrases soon roll off the tongue.
5. APPOSITE (ADJECTIVE): serious
- Synonyms: heavy, sedate
- Antonyms: funny, silly
- Example Sentence: During the debate, the candidate implied his opponent’s employment plan was not apposite for the country.
6. PERTINENT (ADJECTIVE): relevant
- Synonyms: admissible, appropriate
- Antonyms: improper, inapplicable
- Example Sentence: She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
7. PERILOUS (ADJECTIVE): hazardous
- Synonyms: precarious, threatening
- Antonyms: safe, secure
- Example Sentence: You should avoid driving during the snowstorm because the icy roads are perilous.
8. JOLT (VERB): convulse
- Synonyms: disturb, jar
- Antonyms: calm, comfort
- Example Sentence: His statement jolted me in my mind.
9. VERBOSE (ADJECTIVE): wordy
- Synonyms: gabby, circumlocutory
- Antonyms: concise, succinct
- Example Sentence: He is a verbose man.
10.HERETIC (NOUN): schismatic
- Synonyms: apostate, pagan
- Antonyms: believer, follower
- Example Sentence: As a relapsed heretic, he was left to the secular arm.
