Word Meaning Synonym Antonym Sentence
Abrogate revoke Formally Abolish, renage approve, permit The judge would not
abrogate the law
Acerbic (especially of a comment sharp, sarcastic, mild, kind, sweet "his acerbic wit"
or style of speaking) sardonic
sharp and forthright.
Acrimony bitterness or ill feeling. ill feeling, ill will, bad goodwill "the AGM dissolved into
blood, animosity, acrimony"
hostility, enmity
Adduce affirm cite, prove, show hide We could adduce many
instances to corroborate this
assertion
Admonish Warn apprise, tip off, alert praise, permit, The rule to admonish was a
laud wise one, and was adopted
to that end.
Aesthetic Concerned with beauty Beautiful ,Artistic Ugly , Unattractive The pictures give great
or the appreciation of aesthetic pleasure.
beauty
Afflicting Cause or become hurt annoy, rack, grieve Aid, delight All sorts of irregularities and
violation of regulations
seem to afflict the system.
Allure Appeal attraction, charm, repulsion The allure of the stage drew
glamor him back to acting.
Banal so lacking in originality trite, hackneyed, original " He just sat there making
as to be obvious and clichéd banal remarks all evening"
boring.
Banter the playful and friendly wisecracks, crosstalk, - "there was much good-
exchange of teasing wordplay; More natured banter"
remarks.
Bigotry Intolerance bias, injustice, fairness, There's a thousand years of
unfairness impartiality prejudice and bigotry
concentrated in you.
Blithe Happy Carefree, jaunty, depressed, She had a blithe disregard
joyful worried, sad of cultures outside the
United States.
Boisterous Noisy and lacking in vociferate, subdued, solemn, He has a dozen brothers,
restraint or discipline clamorous, moderate each of which are as
uproarious boisterous and rather dim-
witted as the next
Cohort partner in activity companion, enemy, foe, The cohort on duty was
comrade, disciple opponent drawn up under arms at the
palace gates
Colloquy A conversation especially parley, conference, quiet, silence They could scarcely have
a formal one clambake spoken a hundred words
before their colloquy was at
an end.
Colossal very large Enormous, immense Little, miniscule The Frankish chief who
stood before me was a man
of colossal stature.
Deceit practice of misleading Fraud, duplicity fairness, honesty Love and deceit, troubles
and rewards are as ageless
as the heavens.
Deference A courteous expression obedience, dishonour, His deference to her wishes
(by word or deed) of compliance, yielding disregard, was very flattering
esteem or regard noncompliance
Detrimental Tending to cause harm Harmful , Hurtful Harmless, Recent policies have been
Beneficial detrimental to the interests
of many old people
Edifice Structure monument, building It looks as if the whole
political edifice of the
country is about to collapse.
Efficacy Productiveness adequacy, capability, inability, failure Exactly the situation he
capacity would have prayed for had
he believed in the efficacy of
prayer.
Egregious outstandingly bad; atrocious, deplorable concealed, good "egregious abuses of
shocking, remarkably copyright"
good.
Epiphany A moment of sudden Flash, oracle Confusion, Secret In the first grade, I
understanding or experienced an epiphany
revelation that girls were always
treated dif- ferently than
boys.
Errant wrong , behaving erratic, stray normal Teachers dislike errant
wrongly in some way, spellings and misused words
especially by leaving
home
Grandeur The quality of being brilliance, dullness, An imaginative mix of old-
magnificent, splendid or expansiveness, simplicity, fashioned grandeur and
grand magnificence insignificance colourful art
Grim hopeless gloomy, cruel bright, cheerful Anthony will be in the VIP
lounge where he doesn't
have to mix with the hoi
polloi
Labyrinthine complex : twisting, maze like direct, straight it's hard to find my classes
at the labyrinthine building
at my school
Laconic (of a person, speech, or brief, concise, terse, verbose, long- "his laconic reply suggested
style of writing) using succinct, short, winded, a lack of interest in the
very few words. economical, loquacious topic"
Paradox puzzle enigma, oddity normality, The paradox of being calm
regularity and serene at the rock
concert made her smile.
Paradox Contradiction Absurdity, enigma Normality, I always lie' is a paradox
regularity because if it is true it must
be false"
Paraphernali miscellaneous articles, equipment, stuff, immovables, "drills, saws, and other
a especially the equipment things, apparatus, paraphernalia necessary for
needed for a particular homeParap improvements"
activity.
Parched Dried out by heat or arid, withered moist, damp It was the height of summer
excessive exposure to and the land was parched
sunlight and brown.
Parley negotiation conference, consult, Quite, silence After some serious
debate parleying, both sides agreed
to settle their differences.
Tandem Alongside each other together, in flow alone A tight fiscal policy working
in tandem with a tight
foreign exchange policy
Timid Showing fear and lack of ambivalent, bashful, conceited, Problems call for bold not
confidence vacillating egotistical, timid responses
extrovert
