VOCABULARY
- ABORT (VERB): stop or cancel something
Synonyms: halt, interrupt
Antonyms: begin, start
Example Sentence: She decided to abort the journey for some time.
- COGENT (ADJECTIVE): effective
Synonyms: compelling, convincing
Antonyms: invalid, weak
Example Sentence: Good orators usually do cogent arguments.
- TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): weak, thin
Synonyms: delicate, insubstantial
Antonyms: certain, strong
Example Sentence: Tenuous relations need great attention and care.
- CONFLUENCE (ADJECTIVE): coming together
Synonyms: assemblage, junction
Antonyms: division, separation
Example Sentence: This Garden is located at the confluence of four rivers.
- BUCOLIC (ADJECTIVE): rural or rustic
Synonyms: pastoral, agrarian
Antonyms: urban, cultivated
Example Sentence: When I was young I wished to live in a bucolic village.
- BEQUEATH (VERB): give in a will
Synonyms: bestow, entrust
Antonyms: take, keep
Example Sentence: Parents decided to bequeath the wealth to their children.
- DAWDLE (VERB): waste
Synonyms: loiter, procrastinate
Antonyms: prepone, hurry
Example Sentence: The boss warned the employee not to dawdle again.
- IREFUL (ADJECTIVE): furious
Synonyms: crazed, frenetic
Antonyms: calm, elated
Example Sentence: In this ireful frame of mind, it is impossible to take a right decision.
- ELUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): mysterious
Synonyms: ambiguous, tricky
Antonyms: honest, stable
Example Sentence: The animal control officer could not catch the elusive dog.
- VISCEROUS (ADJECTIVE): intuitive
Synonyms: instinctive, natural
Antonyms: material, physical
Example Sentence: It seemed to me that in spite of her lack of previous training she had a viscerous gift for language.
