1. DILAPIDATION (NOUN): ruin :
- Synonyms: decrepitude, destruction
- Antonyms: development, escalation
- Usage; Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation.
2. ESPOUSE (VERB): support :
- Synonyms: adopt, advocate
- Antonyms: reject, refuse
- Usage: They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
3. FIERY (ADJECTIVE): blazing
- Synonyms: burning, flaming
- Antonyms: cold, cool
- Usage: Anushka cooked in a fiery furnace.
4. FECKLESS (ADJECTIVE): without purpose
- Synonyms: aimless, carefree
- Antonyms: purposeful, efficient
- Usage: It was a feckless attempt to make the company a success.
5. MERCURIAL (ADJECTIVE): flighty, temperamental
- Synonyms: changeable, impulsive
- Antonyms: constant, stable
- Usage: His mercurial temperament made him difficult to work with his teammates.
6. SPECIOUS (ADJECTIVE): misleading
- Synonyms: deceptive, false
- Antonyms: genuine, valid
- Usage: His readings are seeming to be specious.
7. WALLOP (VERB): clobber
- Synonyms: drub, trounce
- Antonyms: lose, surrender
- Usage: The drunken truck driver was walloped by a mob.
8. ZEST (NOUN): flavoring
- Synonyms: pungency, piquancy
- Antonyms: dullness, blandness
- Usage: My brother’s remark added a certain zest to the atmosphere.
9. WHIMSICAL (ADJECTIVE): playful
- Synonyms: amusing, funny
- Antonyms: behaving, sensible
- Usage: Anu watched Pranuj with whimsical eyes.
10. TATTERED (ADJECTIVE): Ragged:
- Synonyms: shabby, damaged
- Antonyms: healed, mended
- Usage: He is wearing a torn shirt.
