VOCABULARY
- PORTLINESS (NOUN): overweight
Synonyms: adiposity, corpulence
Antonyms: slimness, thinness
Example Sentence: They adopt surgical procedures for portliness.
- REVAMP (ADJECTIVE): renovate
Synonyms: overhaul, refurbish
Antonyms: ruin, damaged
Example Sentence: She revamped her dream-catcher hanging beside her bed.
- RESPITE (NOUN): pause
Synonyms: breather, downtime
Antonyms: advance, continuation
Example Sentence: She gave a sudden respite amid the conversation.
- PEDIGREE (ADJECTIVE): thoroughbred
Synonyms: full-blooded, pure-blood
Antonyms: base-born, lowly
Example Sentence: They like pedigree cats.
- DROLL (ADJECTIVE): amusing
Synonyms: eccentric, whimsical
Antonyms: common, normal
Example Sentence: She is a droll girl.
- PINCH (NOUN): compression
Synonyms: confinement, contraction
Antonyms: freedom, release
Example Sentence: He felt pinch beneath his hair.
- RESORT (VERB): address
Synonyms: devote, exercise
Antonyms: abstain, halt
Example Sentence: The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed.
- PARRY (VERB): avoid
Synonyms: deflect, evade
Antonyms: encounter, encounter
Example Sentence: She parried the danger somehow.
- REVELRY (NOUN): merrymaking
Synonyms: debauchery, carousal
Antonyms: sadness, mourning
Example Sentence: Siddhartha is involved in revelry these days.
- PROWESS (NOUN): ability
Synonyms: skill, aptitude
Antonyms: failure, inability
Example Sentence: He has many pieces of prowess in him.
