1. DISCERNMENT (NOUN): perception
- Synonyms: acumen, understanding
- Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity
- Example Sentence: Tact is skill in touching; nice perception or discernment in dealing with others.
2. NARCISSISM (NOUN): egotism
- Synonyms: arrogance, selfishness
- Antonyms: shyness, timidity
- Example Sentence: Narcissism is a result of stunted growth and of childhood abuse.
3. MUTINY (NOUN): resistance
- Synonyms: defiance, insurrection
- Antonyms: calm, peace
- Example Sentence: This was a clear case of mutiny, and the only one in which I was ever implicated
4. SABOTAGE (NOUN): damage
- Synonyms: vandalism, disruption
- Antonyms: fidelity, loyalty
- Example Sentence: The sabotage of the Preliminary had been the first local step in that direction.
5. PROTRUDE (VERB): stick out
- Synonyms: extrude, extend
- Antonyms: shrink, sink
- Example Sentence: She had no flesh left; her bones seemed to protrude through the skin.
6. RECEDE (VERB): withdraw
- Synonyms: abate, regress
- Antonyms: increase, extend
- Example Sentence: The Cabinet will recede more and more from our principles, our party.
7. WANTON (ADJECTIVE): extravagant
- Synonyms: lustful, outrageous
- Antonyms: good, moral
- Example Sentence: Between 1868 and 1872 they added ten millions by wanton extravagance to the State debt.
8. NULLIFY (VERB): cancel
- Synonyms: revoke, abolish
- Antonyms: approve, allow
- Example Sentence: Fortunately, the attempt to nullify its benefits proved ineffectual.
9. ALIGN (VERB): line up
- Synonyms: array, adjust
- Antonyms: disorder, mess up
- Example Sentence: Similar instruction is given the troopers in aligning themselves to the left.
10. GRAPPLE (VERB): grab
- Synonyms: confront, cope
- Antonyms: release, let go
- Example Sentence: Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple with the present.
