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Update Your Vocabulary -9

  1. TRUCULENCE(NOUN): Fight

Synonyms: bellicosity, belligerency              

Antonyms: affection, peace

                                                                                     

Example Sentence:

He is in a habit of getting into truculence very easily.

  1. PANEGYRIC(NOUN): Praise

Synonyms: eulogy, encomium              

Antonyms: animadversion, pejorative

Example Sentence:

I was overwhelmed by the panegyric of the crowd.

  1. FRISSON(NOUN): Quiver

Synonyms: shiver, shudder            

 Antonyms: dullness, stillness

Example Sentence:

At the steep hill the car was on a frisson.

  1. MAR(VERB): Bruise

Synonyms: impair, ruin              

Antonyms: aid, assist

Example Sentence:

It was marred by wear and tear losses.

 

  1. MARE(NOUN): Woman

Synonyms: girl, female             

 Antonyms: man, boy

Example Sentence:

She is a goodly mare.

  1. BESET(VERB): Bedevil

Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege              

Antonyms: clarify, explain

Example Sentence:

Many social problems beset the UK.

  1. BROOK(VERB): Countenance

Synonyms: tolerate, abide              

Antonyms: disapprove, avoid

Example Sentence:

I was reluctant to brook the use of force.

  1. RAPACIOUS(ADJECTIVE): Greedy

Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious              

Antonyms: benevolent, generous

Example Sentence:

He is a rapacious boy.

  1. VIRTUOSO(NOUN): Magician

Synonyms: musician, prodigy              

Antonyms: amateur, imbecile

Example Sentence:

He is a stupendous virtuoso.

  1. FORSAKEN(ADJECTIVE): Abandoned

Synonyms: deserted, desolate              

Antonyms: nurtured, populated

Example Sentence:

 

I would like to visit the forsaken villages.

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