01) prelude (Adj) –
Meaning: An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important
Synonyms: preliminary, curtain-raiser, beginning
Antonyms: ending, finale, finish
Usage: What we really fear is that this is a prelude to other demands.
02) crucified (noun) –
Meaning: Browbeat, destroy with words; To criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly;
Synonyms: harrow, torment, agonise, execute, kill, martyr, condemn, arraign, attack
Antonyms: aid, compliment, exalt, help
Usage: He tortured him, shot him and crucified him.
03) delinquent (adj) –
Meaning: Tending to commit crime; Having the characteristic of being troublesome or unruly; unpaid outstanding owing unsettled
Synonyms: criminal, lawbreaking, lawless, disturbed, intractable, intransigent, unpaid, outstanding, owing, unsettled
Antonyms: conformist, well, behaved, obedient, diligent, attentive, careful
Usage: The legendary principal slapped the delinquent student hard.
04) vignette (verb) –
Meaning: A vivid depiction or representation of someone or something in art or literature
Synonyms: sketch, portrait, depiction, column, paper, discourse
Antonyms: concealment, misrepresentation
Usage: In the din as well as the deathly silence to mark a year since the reorganisation of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the abrogation of its special status, another anniversary — almost a historical vignette today — has, not surprisingly, been forgotten.
05) din (verb) –
Meaning: A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
Synonyms: sound, noise, racket, lash, commotion, crash
Antonyms: quiet, silence, peace, quietness
Usage: In the din as well as the deathly silence to mark a year since the reorganisation of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the abrogation of its special status, another anniversary — almost a historical vignette today — has, not surprisingly, been forgotten.
06) Farce(Adj) –
Meaning: An event or situation that is absurd or disorganized; Something that is, or the state of being, significantly ridiculous;
Synonyms: absurdity, folly, stupidity, joke, mockery, sham, travesty
Antonyms: seriousness, sobriety, solemnity,prudence, reasonableness
Usage: He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.
07) hauteur(adj) –
Meaning: The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner;
Synonyms: admiration, respect, esteem,haughtiness, arrogance, loftiness, pride, superciliousness
Antonyms: humility, modesty, unassumingness
Usage: To her finer qualities must be added a quick temper and considerable hauteur, more readily apparent to the Chinese than to most foreigners.
08) Sermonise(verb) –
Meaning: Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience; Speak to a formal gathering
Synonyms: address, lecture, discourse, preach, admonish, edify,evangelise
Antonyms:abridge, agree, compress
Usage:This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise over US foreign policy.
09) Nostrum(Adj) –
Meaning: A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement; A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective
Synonyms:cure-all, elixir, panacea, cure, remedy, answer, prescription
Antonyms: disease, injury, hurt
Usage: This sounds like the pitch for a nineteenth-century patent medical nostrum.
10) Rankle(Adj) –
Meaning: To cause to become angry; To feel or express great anger
Synonyms: fume, seethe, rage,exasperate, upset, vex
Antonyms: delight, gratify, please
Usage; The issues they raise often have their roots in the past and yet continue to rankle.