1. BUMPTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): offensively self-assertive
Synonyms: arrogant, egoistic
Antonyms: humble, modest
Example Sentence:
“The Liberians have been trained in freedom. They are called bumptious and given a bad name by their English and French neighbors.
2. RESTORATIVE (ADJECTIVE): medicinal
Synonyms: corrective, curative Antonyms: harmful, injurious
Example Sentence:
She applies a skin restorative to her face every night.
3. VISCERAL (ADJECTIVE): instinctive
Synonyms: innate, intuitive Antonyms: reasoned, meditated
Example Sentence:
The patient complained of visceral pain that was felt as an aching in the lower abdomen.
4. MASQUERADE (NOUN): disguise; social occasion for disguises
Synonyms: carnival, domino Antonyms: openness, reality
Example Sentence:
She wanted to find out the identity of her intriguing dance partner at the masquerade.
5. STENTORIAN (ADJECTIVE): very loud
Synonyms: resounding, blaring Antonyms: soft, low
Example Sentence:
His stentorian voice was heard above the din of battle.
6. CAREEN (VERB): tilt; move wildly down path
Synonyms: lurch, bend Antonyms: straighten
Example Sentence:
The truck careened down the hill looking as if it might topple into the ditch.
7. MIRTH (NOUN): great joy
Synonyms: laughter, rejoicing Antonyms: sorrow, pain
Example Sentence:
Their holiday dinners were always filled with mirth.
8. EXTEMPORIZE (VERB): improvise
Synonyms: invent, make up Antonyms: plan, prepare
Example Sentence:
He could scarcely recollect a word of his part, but he remembered the general drift of it, and had ready wit enough to extemporize.
9. SCOFF (VERB): make fun of; despise
Synonyms: jeer, mock Antonyms: respect, believe
Example Sentence:
He scoffed at my fear of the dark.
10. POLYSEMY (NOUN : uncertainty of meaning
Synonyms: doubt, vagueness Antonyms: certainty, clarity
Example Sentence:
Many English words are characterized by polysemy.
