1.BLANDISHMENT (NOUN):flattery
Synonyms: adulation, cajolery
Antonyms: criticism, condemnation
Example Sentence:At first he used his arts of blandishment and honeyed words in order to lure his boss.
2.IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN):balance
Synonyms: aplomb, coolness
Antonyms:agitation, anxiety
Example Sentence:His imperturbability always had the effect of a goad upon his father’s temper.
3.MERETRICIOUS(ADJECTIVE):gaudy, flashy
Synonyms:garish,loud
Antonyms: genuine, real
Example Sentence:He believes in living a meretricious life.
4.AUGURY(NOUN): omen
Synonyms: auspice, harbinger
Antonyms:short-sighted, assurance
Example Sentence:This incident of his infancy was accepted as an augury of his maturity, and he did not belie it.
5.GLIB(ADJECTIVE):slick, smooth-talking
Synonyms: artful, facile
Antonyms:stuttering, inarticulate
Example Sentence:She advises women with similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.
6.OSTRACISM(NOUN):banishment
Synonyms: avoidance,boycott
Antonyms:acceptance, allowance
Example Sentence:Only cruel teachers can follow ostracism and ill-treat their children.
7.REPINE (VERB):complain
Synonyms: grumble, lament
Antonyms: appreciate, praise
Example Sentence:She likes to repine about her colleagues.
8.FEINT(NOUN):pretense
Synonyms: ruse,bluff
Antonyms:honesty, truth
Example Sentence:She pretended to be making great efforts to cope up with the course but it was merely a
feint.
9.INURE(VERB):accustom
Synonyms:familiarize, habituate
Antonyms:neglect, soften
Example Sentence:A continuation of the wrongful exclusion of these Indians from their lands should not inure to the benefit of the wrongdoers.
10.RECONDITE(ADJECTIVE):mysterious, obscure
Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic
Antonyms:simple, straightforward
Example Sentence:How else to explain the popularity of a novel so free of plot, so obsessed with existential rumination and recondite philosophy?
