- FLACCID (ADJECTIVE):drooping or weak
Synonyms: enfeebled, irresilient
Antonyms: taut, firm
Example Sentence: The patient’s condition is appearing as flaccid as at first.
- CHICANERY (NOUN): dishonesty or fraud
Synonyms: Intrigue, machination
Antonyms: forthrightness, truthfulness.
Example Sentence: You can smell the chicanery from a dishonest politician.
- WINTRY (ADJECTIVE): cold or snowy.
Synonyms: bleak, frigid
Antonyms: cheerful, heated
Example Sentence: The weather was already growing wintry and morning frosts congealed an earth saturated by autumn rains.
- UNCOUTH (ADJECTIVE): clumsy or ill-mannered
Synonyms: boorish, barbaric
Antonyms: agile, refined
Example Sentence: He disliked the uncouth style of the Scriptures.
- BETROTHED (ADJECTIVE): engaged or promised to be married
Synonyms: affianced, committed
Antonyms: single, unattached
Example Sentence: The father and the mother came into the room and gave the betrothed couple their blessings.
- MISCELLANY (NOUN):varied collection or mixture
Synonyms: accumulation, conglomeration
Antonyms: uniformity, singularity
Example Sentence: Bleaching, brewing and brass-founding are carried on, as well as a large miscellany of manufactures.
- ABRASIVE (ADJECTIVE): irritating in manner or annoying
Synonyms: caustic, nasty
Antonyms: calm, pleasant
Example Sentence: He wasn’t just abrasive, he was also incompetent.
- FURORE (NOUN):a state of confusion
Synonyms: ballyhoo, bustle
Antonyms: calm, quietude
Example Sentence: His brilliant playing created a furore which went to almost extravagant lengths of admiration.
- STRATUM (NOUN): layer or level
Synonyms: gradation, lamina
Antonyms: clot, vertex
Example Sentence: It is made of stratum of clay.
- VISAGE (NOUN): appearance or a human face
Synonyms: countenance, aspect
Antonyms: reality, truth
Example Sentence: The model’s visage earned her many cover photos.
