Vocab Of The Day Part 91

1. DIVULGE (VERB): To make known (something private or secret). Synonyms: disclose, expose  Antonyms: conceal, hide
Example Sentence:  Then bending again to Raoul, he whispered: “Above all things do not divulge your name. 
2. SIMPER (VERB): smile coyly
Synonyms: sneer, smirk
Antonyms: frown, growl
Example Sentence:  “I hope I see you well, Miss Florence,” she simpered.
3. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE): recovering from illness
Synonyms: ambulatory, healing
Antonym: regressing, sickly
Example Sentence:  I treated him as a convalescent, not as a sick man.
4. FATHOM (VERB): measure the depth (of feeling)
Synonyms: comprehend, penetrate
Antonyms: neglect, misinterpret
Example Sentence: It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
5. INARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE): unable to express oneself clearly
Synonyms: incoherent, blurred
Antonyms: articulate, communicative
Example Sentence:  He made an inarticulate noise in the back of his throat.
6. VENGEANCE (NOUN): revenge; punishment for a wrong
Synonyms: reprisal, requital
Antonym: forgiveness, pardon
Example Sentence: Yes, I would bear my sorrows, and become great, that in a day to be I might wreak vengeance on the king.
7. BESEECH (VERB): beg earnestly
Synonyms: implore, adjure
Antonyms: refuse, give Example Sentence:  She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.
8. CHAFE (VERB): be angry
Synonyms: irritate, abrade
Antonyms: aid, placate Example Sentence:  He chafed at having to take orders from someone else.
9. PUNY (ADJECTIVE): small and weak
Synonyms: inconsequential, diminutive
Antonyms: giant, strong Example sentence:  His mother stood looking on, with a sad kind of a smile on her lips and in her eyes, to see the zealous and yet puny efforts of her little boy.
10. CONJECTURE (NOUN): guess; speculation
Synonyms: guesswork, hunch
Antonyms: certainty, reality  Example Sentence:  The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.