VOCABULARY
- FESTAL (ADJECTIVE): fun-loving
Synonyms: cheerful, jovial
Antonyms: sad, apathetic
Example Sentence: He is festal a child.
- TEMPER (NOUN): state of mind
Synonyms: attitude, mood
Antonyms: wrath, happiness
Example Sentence: He loses his temper when someone lies to him.
- TALISMAN (NOUN): lucky charm
Synonyms: fetish, juju
Antonyms: unlucky, unfortunate
Example Sentence: His wife is his talisman.
- DEFERENCE (NOUN): obedience, compliance
Synonyms: yielding, docility
Antonyms: ignorance, disregard
Example Sentence: I enjoyed that combination of deference and the respect being paid to teacher.
- DOPEY (ADJECTIVE): stupid
Synonyms: dumb, silly
Antonyms: brainy, smart
Example Sentence: Don’t prove yourself a dopey by committing such a mistake.
- PRECOCIOUS (ADJECTIVE): exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
Synonyms: bright, cocky
Antonyms: stupid, unintelligent
Example Sentence: Now a days children are more precocious and naughty.
- PECULIARITY (NOUN): characteristic; oddity
Synonyms: abnormality, eccentricity
Antonyms: simplicity, normality
Example Sentence: The peculiarity of this book is that the name of the author is missing.
- UNSCATHED (ADJECTIVE): not hurt
Synonyms: unharmed, unhurt
Antonyms: injured, hurt
Example Sentence: All members of the team apparently finished the race before the explosions and were unscathed.
- CHARY (ADJECTIVE): careful, cautious
Synonyms: circumspect, discreet
Antonyms: careless, heedless
Example Sentence: One should be chary with his decisions.
- UNFETTER (VERB): set free
Synonyms: liberate, loosen
Antonyms: detain, keep
Example Sentence: To secure true progress, we must unfetter genius, and chain down mediocrity.
