VOCABULARY
- REEDY (ADJECTIVE): long and lean
Synonyms: leggy, skinny
Antonyms: chubby, fat
Example Sentence: She is a reedy girl.
- BLARNEY (NOUN): flattery
Synonyms: cajolery, overpraise
Antonyms: criticize, condemn
Example Sentence: It took all my blarney to keep us out of court.
- SLACK (ADJECTIVE): loose, baggy
Synonyms: feeble, sluggish
Antonyms: tight, rigid
Example Sentence: Don’t wear your slack pants.
- RENEGADE (NOUN): rebellious
Synonyms: reactionary, radical
Antonyms: passive, submissive
Example Sentence: The person whom I trusted later turned out to be renegade.
- SPUTTER (VERB): falter
Synonyms: stammer, stumble
Antonyms: persist, enunciate
Example Sentence: While performing on stage he sputters a lot.
- PROMULGATE (VERB): make known
Synonyms: declare, notify
Antonyms: conceal, repress
Example Sentence: He promulgated the confidential data.
- EXPIATE (VERB): make amends for
Synonyms: remedy, rectify
Antonyms: injure, damage
Example Sentence: A hundred lives, taken one by one, would not be sufficient to expiate such treason.
- DEIGN (VERB): lower oneself
Synonyms: stoop, consent
Antonyms: refuse, be proud
Example Sentence: If one is wrong, one should be modest to deign.
- ASTUTE (ADJECTIVE): perceptive
Synonyms: adroit, magnificent
Antonyms: foolish, inept
Example Sentence: He is an astute leader.
- APERITIVE (ADJECTIVE): tasting very good
Synonyms: tempting, delicious
Antonyms: unpleasant, tasteless
Example Sentence: This pudding seems aperitive.
