1. GRADIENT (NOUN): slope
Synonyms: declivity, leaning
Antonyms: upgrade, evenness
Example Sentence:
He found the gradient nearly uniform for heights up to 30 to 40 metres above the ground.
2. PROPULSION (NOUN): force
Synonyms: drive, effort Antonyms: ease, inactivity
Example Sentence:
It certainly cannot sail under its own power, as 80 percent of the electricity generated on board is used for propulsion.
3. SLEW (NOUN): moving down; lowering
Synonyms: plunge, slide Antonyms: increase, level
Example Sentence:
Another occupant of that vehicle was arrested that day on drug possession and a slew of outstanding warrants.
4. EGRESS (NOUN): passage out
Synonyms: departure, doorway Antonyms: arrival, entrance
Example Sentence:
Here a heavy door barred the egress from the house, and before this she stopped.
5. EXCOGITATE (VERB): think about seriously
Synonyms: consider, contemplate Antonyms: disregard, neglect
Example Sentence:
Here the little thinker is not often left to excogitate a theory for himself.
6. EXTRAVAGANZA (NOUN): spectacle
Synonyms: pageant, show Antonyms: hiding, reality
Example Sentence:
Other than the man accepting the nomination, he will be the unquestioned star of the extravaganza.
7. BLAHS (NOUN): low spirits; despair
Synonyms: abasement, dreariness Antonyms: liveliness, pleasure
Example Sentence:
Soaring obesity rates are causing pets terrible problems, heart disease, diabetes, the blahs.
8. DISORIENT (VERB): confuse
Synonyms: baffle, bewildered Antonyms: explain, clarify
Example Sentence:
All this artful excess seems intended to disorient and disinhibit guests descending from the busy theater district above.
9. DISQUISITION (NOUN): discourse
Synonyms: commentary, exposition Antonyms: quiet, silence
Example Sentence:
This is hardly the place for a disquisition upon African Latin.
10. ENSNARE (VERB): trap
Synonyms: embroil, entangle Antonyms: free, liberate
Example Sentence:
Instead, cops monitor such sites to ensnare workers and their clients.