Vocab Of The Day Part 40

By | February 19, 2016

1. CHROMATICITY (NOUN): pigment, shade

Synonyms: glow, undertone

Antonyms: white, colourless

Example Sentence:

To save them from yellow fever, nature gave them chromaticity and lost them friends.
2. APERITIVE (ADJECTIVE): tasting very good

Synonyms: tempting, delicious Antonyms: unpleasant, tasteless

Example Sentence:

He discussed the “efficacy” of millipedes, which he found to be “very diuretical and aperitive.”
3. ETCH (VERB): carve

Synonyms: depict, inscribe Antonyms: build, neglect

Example Sentence:

He could not control the pattern of lines beginning to etch themselves into the skin of that young face.
4. PLENIPOTENTIARY (NOUN): spokesperson

Synonyms: ambassador, diplomat Antonyms: receiver

Example Sentence:

Several weeks more elapsed before the British plenipotentiary allowed himself to be finally disillusioned.
5. STARK (ADJECTIVE): utter, absolute

Synonyms: simple, arrant Antonyms: indefinite, covered

Example Sentence:

The fun of the episode, however, stands in stark contrast to its conclusion.
6. EXPIATE (VERB): make amends for

Synonyms: remedy, rectify Antonyms: injure, damage

Example Sentence:

A hundred lives, taken one by one, would not be sufficient to expiate such treason.
7. CHASSIS (NOUN): framework

Synonyms: case, frame Antonyms: disorganization

Example Sentence:

A small trolley was fitted to the chassis of the machine and this ran along the railway.
8. DEIGN (VERB): lower oneself

Synonyms: stoop, consent Antonyms: refuse, be proud

Example Sentence:

Why need I stay here when I have a voice which he used to deign to praise?
9. FLIM-FLAM (NOUN): trick, mockery

Synonyms: prank, phony Antonyms: honesty, reality

Example Sentence:

Have the ticket men and the entrance attendants been working a flim-flam game on us?
10. ASTUTE (ADJECTIVE): perceptive

Synonyms: adroit, magnificent Antonyms: foolish, inept

Example Sentence:

An astute politician would say something outlandish but easily dismissed by outsiders.

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