Vocab Of The Day Part 38

By | February 11, 2016

1. DENOUEMENT (NOUN): the end result

Synonyms: completion, culmination

Antonyms: beginning, opening

Example Sentence:

Among the schemes that did go forward to denouement was an offering of mortgage-related securities.
2. UNSULLIED (ADJECTIVE): clean

Synonyms: pristine, pure Antonyms: tarnished, impure

Example Sentence:

What is here meant, is, that we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood, that the statements are true.
3. SONOROUS (ADJECTIVE): resonant

Synonyms: booming, thundering Antonyms: incomplete, silence

Example Sentence:

The ancient cities, the dreamy harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.
4. ANATHEMATIZE (VERB): curse

Synonyms: imprecate, maledict Antonyms: admire, laud

Example Sentence:

Be sure, that girl, anathematize as she may, will never be permitted to enter that convent.
5. BLACKBALL (VERB): expel from group

Synonyms: ban, blacklist Antonyms: accept, admit

Example Sentence:

A radio executive said the Bush White House told them explicitly who they were expected to blackball from their airwaves.
6. REVULSION (NOUN): disgust, hatred

Synonyms: dislike, distaste Antonyms: like, love

Example Sentence

Or is it revulsion at the offensive incivility of the process, at the arrogance of these youths?
7. FORSWEAR (VERB): abandon, disavow

Synonyms: forgo, renounce Antonyms: opening, accept

Example Sentence:

“Then I forswear all rash promises for the future,” he declared.
8. EARSPLITTING (ADJECTIVE): loud

Synonyms: noisy, shrill Antonyms: low, soft

Example Sentence:

An earsplitting crack was followed by a mosquito-like voice singing in the wilderness.
9. INGRATIATORY (ADJECTIVE): insinuating

Synonyms: disarming, flattering Antonyms: reproachful, insulting

Example Sentence:

They ingratiate themselves with the Nationalists instead of supporting their own.
10. STOUTHEARTED (ADJECTIVE): brave, courageous

Synonyms: bold, daring Antonyms: meek, coward

Example Sentence:

Many of them had lost their all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of th

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