1. CHROMATICITY (NOUN): pigment, shade
Synonyms: glow, undertone
Antonyms: white, colourless
Example Sentence:
To save them from yellow fever, nature gave them chromaticity and lost them friends.
2. APERITIVE (ADJECTIVE): tasting very good
Synonyms: tempting, delicious Antonyms: unpleasant, tasteless
Example Sentence:
He discussed the "efficacy" of millipedes, which he found to be "very diuretical and aperitive."
3. ETCH (VERB): carve
Synonyms: depict, inscribe Antonyms: build, neglect
Example Sentence:
He could not control the pattern of lines beginning to etch themselves into the skin of that young face.
4. PLENIPOTENTIARY (NOUN): spokesperson
Synonyms: ambassador, diplomat Antonyms: receiver
Example Sentence:
Several weeks more elapsed before the British plenipotentiary allowed himself to be finally disillusioned.
5. STARK (ADJECTIVE): utter, absolute
Synonyms: simple, arrant Antonyms: indefinite, covered
Example Sentence:
The fun of the episode, however, stands in stark contrast to its conclusion.
6. EXPIATE (VERB): make amends for
Synonyms: remedy, rectify Antonyms: injure, damage
Example Sentence:
A hundred lives, taken one by one, would not be sufficient to expiate such treason.
7. CHASSIS (NOUN): framework
Synonyms: case, frame Antonyms: disorganization
Example Sentence:
A small trolley was fitted to the chassis of the machine and this ran along the railway.
8. DEIGN (VERB): lower oneself
Synonyms: stoop, consent Antonyms: refuse, be proud
Example Sentence:
Why need I stay here when I have a voice which he used to deign to praise?
9. FLIM-FLAM (NOUN): trick, mockery
Synonyms: prank, phony Antonyms: honesty, reality
Example Sentence:
Have the ticket men and the entrance attendants been working a flim-flam game on us?
10. ASTUTE (ADJECTIVE): perceptive
Synonyms: adroit, magnificent Antonyms: foolish, inept
Example Sentence:
An astute politician would say something outlandish but easily dismissed by outsiders.
