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UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY – 77

1. BRACE (VERB): fortify
Synonyms: gird, prepare Antonyms: free, let go
Example sentence: 
The posts were braced by timber.
2. TURGID (ADJECTIVE): swollen
Synonyms: bloated, disintended Antonyms: plain, simple 
Example sentence: 
A turgid river was ahead his way.
3. TROVE (NOUN): accretion
Synonyms: aggregation, agglomeration Antonyms: subtraction, dispersal
Example sentence: 
I saw the cellar contained a trove of rare wine.
4. TURBID (ADJECTIVE): dense
Synonyms: muddy, murky Antonyms: clear, neat
It was a turbid weather.
5. TWINGE (NOUN): sharp pain
Synonyms: ache, pang Antonyms: advantage, blessing
Example sentence: 
I was feeling twinge in my heels.
6. TAWDRY (ADJECTIVE): tacky
Synonyms: cheap, sleazy Antonyms: nice, tasteful
Example sentence: 
His house was in a tawdry location.
 
7. DIRE (ADJECTIVE): urgent
 
Synonyms: drastic, extreme Antonyms: calm, mild
 
Example sentence: 
The dire need is there to save water.
 
8. SAVVY (ADJECTIVE): calculating
 
Synonyms: cunning, impeachable Antonyms: blameless, innocent
Example sentence: 
Why are you being so savvy?
9. CULPABLE (ADJECTIVE): guilty
Synonyms: liable, cosset Antonyms: upset, hurt
Example sentence: 
He is a culpable minister.
10. CONCOMITANT (ADJECTIVE): contributing
Synonyms: adjuvant, coefficient Antonyms: unrelated, accidental
 
Example sentence: 
She loved mountaineering, with all its concomitant worries.

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