1. GUNG-HO (ADJECTIVE): enthusiastic
Synonyms: lively, effusive
Antonyms: calm, moderate
Example Sentence:
Now it’s true, he makes no campaign contributions, so he’s obviously not a gung-ho big-P Political Republican.
2. HOODLUM (NOUN): crook
Synonyms: criminal, gangster Antonyms: uncorrupt, legitimate
Example Sentence:
When they came out into the street the hoodlum crowd had dispersed.
3. IMMURE (VERB): confine
Synonyms: cloister, seclude Antonyms: free, release
Example Sentence:
You, who are so full of life and health and exuberant spirits, immure yourself in a cloister!
4. IMBUE (VERB): infuse, saturate
Synonyms: permeate, inculcate Antonyms: take out, drain
Example Sentence:
Now, way up high in the North Carolina mountains, a Land of Oz can imbue a little magic.
5. HINDSIGHT (NOUN): retrospect
Synonyms: experience, recollection Antonyms: ignorance, neglect
Example Sentence:
Polls this far from Election Day are useless in the present and hilarious in hindsight.
6. DRIVEL (NOUN): foolish talk
Synonyms: babble, nonsense Antonyms: sense, truth
Example Sentence:
Assuredly they are not—in utter stolidity of platitude and absolute impotence of drivel.
7. HETERODOX (ADJECTIVE): heretical
Synonyms: dissident, doubtful Antonyms: sure, confident
Example Sentence:
More than many, he understood the electoral attractions of a heterodox Democratic party.
8. GERRYMANDER (VERB): arrange for certain outcome
Synonyms: falsify, manipulate Antonyms: explain, purify
Example Sentence:
Consequently, every apportionment act involves more or less of the gerrymander.
9. TOTTERY (ADJECTIVE): unstable
Synonyms: inconsistent, insecure Antonyms: steady, unchanging
Example Sentence:
His eyes were bulging, and he was tottery on his feet, swaying from side to side and still making a fight with his hands.
10. INFIDEL (NOUN): nonbeliever
Synonyms: agnostic, gentile Antonyms: believer, follower
Example Sentence:
Leaflets were widely distributed during that era saying that facial covering was what separated the Muslim woman from the infidel.