- BALK(VERB): Prevent
Synonyms: obstruct, hinder
Antonyms: allow, permit
Example Sentence:
Somehow I managed to balk laughing.
- AVOW (VERB):Acknowledge
Synonyms: declare, concede
Antonyms: ignore, refuse
Example Sentence:
Nobody avows my work, moreover I don’t like to blow my own trumpet.
- AUGUST (ADJECTIVE): Noble
Synonyms: grand, eminent
Antonyms: ignoble, despicable
Example Sentence:
He is an august man I think Police is barking up the wrong tree.
- ALACRITY(NOUN):Promptness
Synonyms: alertness, avidity
Antonyms: dullness, lethargy
Example Sentence:
India showed alacrity in extending the olive branch to Pakistan.
- ADO (NOUN):Fuss
Synonyms: bother, confusion
Antonyms: calm, peace
Example Sentence:
It has made great ado already, let’s call it a day.
- ARTICULATE (VERB):Hinge
Synonyms: join, integrate
Antonyms: disjoin, disconnect
Example Sentence:
I articulate his company once in a blue moon.
- ARID (ADJECTIVE):Uninterested
Synonyms: dreary, dry
Antonyms: humid, damp
Example Sentence:
This time I am arid in telling you fables otherwise I know the ropes.
- AVID (ADJECTIVE): Ardent
Synonyms: devoted, fervent
Antonyms: apathetic, cold
Example Sentence:
He is an avid man with larger than life perspective.
- ARCANE (ADJECTIVE):Hidden
Synonyms: mystic, occult
Antonyms: known, familiar
Example Sentence:
I can’t paint to save my life it’s my arcane weakness.
- ADDLE (VERB):Confuse
Synonyms: baffle, befuddle Antonyms: explain, clarify
Example Sentence:
Everybody witnessed, you got addled yesterday, your debate had more holes than a swiss cheese.