1. AVOW (VERB): state; profess
Synonyms: admit, affirm
Antonyms: deny, dissent
Example Sentence: It is wise, and may be useful, on all proper occasions, to avow our convictions.
2. STING (VERB): prick, pain
Synonyms: bite, hurt
Antonyms: cure, heal
Example Sentence: The fads and foibles of humanity can be good-naturedly exposed in humorous articles that have no sting.
3. REPRESSION (NOUN): constraint
Synonyms: suppression, restraint
Antonyms: liberty, freedom
Example Sentence: Is this country going to be stable, or is it likely to go through years of repression and civil war?
4. JUNKY (ADJECTIVE): poor quality
Synonyms: awful, cheap
Antonyms: superior, pleasing
Example Sentence: An economy undermined by junky debt (Greek, rather than subprime) that threatened to prove contagious.
5. PUTREFY (VERB): rot
Synonyms: corrupt, crumble
Antonyms: grow, develop
Example Sentence: They never bury their dead, but lay them in the sun to putrefy.
6. VAGARY (NOUN): caprice
Synonyms: quirk, whim
Antonyms: constancy, dependability
Example Sentence: He was ready for any illusion, susceptible to any vagary of the imagination.
7. DECIDUOUS (ADJECTIVE): not around for long
Synonyms: brief, fleeting
Antonyms: lasting, enduring
Example Sentence: The tree is a handsome one, with broad velvety bright green leaves, deciduous during the winter months.
8. POLEMICAL (ADJECTIVE): argumentative
Synonyms: combative, contrary
Antonyms: agreeable, friendly
Example Sentence: These are powerful, polemical words with which it is very hard, in our present circumstances, to disagree.
9. TEEM (VERB): be abundant, full
Synonyms: brim, overflow
Antonyms: retreat , lack
Example Sentence: If the past eight months were full of international thrills, the next ones are more likely to teem with spills.
10. INVEIGLE (VERB): entice, manipulate
Synonyms: entrap, bamboozle Antonyms: release, disenchant
Example Sentence: Their testimony confirmed the defendant’s successful efforts to inveigle them into investing in the hedge