1. EXHORT (VERB): Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something
Synonyms: urge, admonish
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Example Sentence:
While I cannot force you to drive the speed limit, I exhort you to do so or else you might end up in jail.
2. STUPEFIED (ADJECTIVE): make (someone) unable to think or feel properly
Synonyms: astonished, stun Antonyms: aware, lively
Example Sentence:
The three adventurous companions were surprised and stupefied at the discovery, despite their scientific reasonings.
3. UNSTINTING (ADJECTIVE): very generous
Synonyms: benevolent , magnanimous Antonyms: stingy, uncharitable
Example Sentence:
The unstinting provision of liquidity by the central bank is crucial for arresting a financial panic.
4. DISSENSION (NOUN): disagreement that leads to discord
Synonyms: controversy, bickering Antonyms: agreement, harmony
Example Sentence:
This is a clear attempt to cause division and dissension within the ranks of the Unionist family.
5. VAPID (ADJECTIVE): lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Synonyms: insipid, boring Antonyms: lively, exciting
Example Sentence:
She doesn't deserve millions for her empty, vapid performances when lots of great actors are struggling.
6. INEFFABLE (ADJECTIVE): too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
Synonym: inexpressible, indescribable Antonym: utterable, describable
Example Sentence:
The joy I experienced at the birth of my first child was ineffable.
7. METAMORPHOSED (VERB): to convert or transform
Synonyms: mutate, transmute Antonyms: stagnate, remain
Example Sentence:
After two to three weeks the bright orange pupae have metamorphosed into new adults which climb into the plants to continue the cycle.
8. EUPHEMISM (NOUN): nice way of saying something
Synonyms: circumlocution, floridness Antonyms: terseness, directness
Example Sentence:
While a euphemism may tone down your words, the meaning behind the phrase will remain the same.
9. QUEST (NOUN): a long or arduous search for something
Synonyms: adventure, investigation Antonyms: retreat, ignorance
Example sentence:
They were always moving from place to place in quest of a cheap situation, and always spending more than they ought.
10. ANATHEMA (NOUN): something hated
Synonyms: bane, curse Antonyms: love, like
Example Sentence:
I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.
