VOCABULARY
- SOMNOLENT (ADJECTIVE): Sleepy
Synonyms: dozy, drowsy
Antonyms: awake, active
Example Sentence: The professor’s lecture was somnolent.
- SPLURGY (ADJECTIVE): Showy
Synonyms: classy, garish
Antonyms: plain, modest
Example Sentence: The parents made splurgy arrangements for their daughter’s wedding.
- PLACATE (VERB): Soothe, pacify
Synonyms: appease, satisfy
Antonyms: agitate, incite
Example Sentence: This cream will placate your itching.
- PHLEGMATIC (ADJECTIVE): Unemotional
Synonyms: frigid, indifferent
Antonyms: emotional, passionate
Example Sentence: They are phlegmatic and selfish people.
- CAPITULATE (VERB): Give in
Synonyms: surrender, succumb
Antonyms: conquer, win
Example Sentence: The thief capitulated before the police.
- SWERVE (VERB): Turn aside.
Synonyms: deflect, lurch
Antonyms: stay, straighten
Example Sentence: The greater you spin the ball, the more it will swerve.
- CORYBANTIC (ADJECTIVE): Excited; very happy
Synonyms: rapturous, frantic
Antonyms: sorrowful, troubled
Example Sentence: He is corybantic about his new project.
- TEENTY (ADJECTIVE): Small
Synonyms: tiny, wee
Antonyms: big, enormous
Example Sentence: It is such a teenty plant.
- THUNDERSTRUCK (ADJECTIVE): Amazed, astonished
Synonyms: dismayed, astounded
Antonyms: expected, certain
Example Sentence: The son’s words thunderstruck his mother.
- WISP (NOUN): Strand
Synonyms: tuft, lock
Antonyms: whole, complete
Example Sentence: She tucked the stray wisps of hair under her clip.
