Vocab Of The Day Part 25

By | January 7, 2016

1. REIN (NOUN): restraint, control

Synonyms: curb, check

Antonyms: release, discharge

Example Sentence:

Parents don’t medicate kids because they are lazy parents and think the pills will rein in unruly kids.
2. HONE (VERB): sharpen

Synonyms: whet, edge Antonyms: blunt, dull

Example Sentence:

Hunting and fishing to hone the skills my father and grandfather passed onto me.
3. GROPE (VERB): feel about for

Synonyms: flounder, examine Antonyms: leave alone, desert

Example Sentence:

It was not so easy to grope one’s way to the tool-house and find the hamper and its contents.
4. APPRESSED (ADJECTIVE): condensed

Synonyms: solid, tight Antonyms: empty, loose

Example Sentence:

Leaf-buds small, short, pointed and with curved tips, appressed.
5. RECRUDESCENCE (NOUN): coming again

Synonyms: arrival, recovery Antonyms: departure, exit

Example Sentence:

They must have experienced a recrudescence of panic at thought of the dynamite they believed hidden.
6. SCALLYWAG (NOUN): rascal

Synonyms: fraud, cheater Antonyms: justice, fairness

Example Sentence:

The person who drew up the agreement is a great scallywag.
7. NUMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): spiritual

Synonyms: divine, sacred Antonyms: unholy, impure

Example Sentence:

A numinous experience involves being in the presence of someone or something holy.
8. IMPRIMATUR (NOUN): approval

Synonyms: permission, permit Antonyms: prohibition, veto

Example Sentence:

Without the imprimatur of the head, this drug will remain inaccessible to many who need it.
9. CONTRIVE (VERB): invent, design

Synonyms: manipulate, improvise Antonyms: destroy, dissuade

Example Sentence:

The conspirators contrived the overthrow of the ruler.
10. STINT (NOUN): period of responsibility

Synonyms: assignment, duty Antonyms: failure, passtime

Example Sentence:

It was after her stint teaching in Portugal that Rowling began to write the premise for Harry Potter.

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